Jeffersontown vs St. Matthews

A side-by-side comparison of Jeffersontown and St. Matthews: population, income, housing, and more.

Jeffersontown and St. Matthews are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jeffersontown has the higher population (28,988 vs 17,491 in St. Matthews). St. Matthews has the higher median household income ($80,716 vs $78,185 in Jeffersontown). St. Matthews has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $236,800 in Jeffersontown).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
Population	28,988	17,491
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,185	$80,716
Median home value	$236,800	$325,700
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,253
Housing units	12,881	9,219
Homeownership rate	66.5%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
Population	28,035 → 28,988 (+3.4%)	18,161 → 17,491 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$68,803 → $78,185 (+13.6%)	$62,152 → $80,716 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$181,500 → $236,800 (+30.5%)	$235,000 → $325,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$981 → $1,253 (+27.7%)	$1,031 → $1,253 (+21.5%)

Jeffersontown

Population

28,03528,988

Median household income

$68,803$78,185

Median home value

$181,500$236,800

Median gross rent

$981$1,253

St. Matthews

Population

18,16117,491

Median household income

$62,152$80,716

Median home value

$235,000$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
Under 5	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	21.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	84.5%
Black or African American	12.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	21.9%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
Drove alone	76.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	16.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
1-unit, detached	67.5%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	23.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersontown	St. Matthews
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1977	1970