Louisville vs Shively

A side-by-side comparison of Louisville and Shively: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Louisville has the higher population (627,210 vs 15,556 in Shively). Louisville has the higher median household income ($64,731 vs $46,522 in Shively). Louisville has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $139,200 in Shively).

Population, income & housing

	Louisville	Shively
Population	627,210	15,556
Median age	37.7 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,731	$46,522
Median home value	$221,500	$139,200
Median gross rent	$1,069	$847
Housing units	288,047	7,245
Homeownership rate	60.6%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisville	Shively
Population	—	15,726 → 15,556 (-1.1%)
Median household income	—	$39,048 → $46,522 (+19.1%)
Median home value	—	$107,000 → $139,200 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$697 → $847 (+21.5%)

Louisville

Shively

Population

15,72615,556

Median household income

$39,048$46,522

Median home value

$107,000$139,200

Median gross rent

$697$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Louisville	Shively
Under 5	—	3.3%
5 to 17	—	17.0%
18 to 24	—	7.9%
25 to 34	—	8.6%
35 to 44	—	12.5%
45 to 54	—	12.8%
55 to 64	—	16.6%
65 to 74	—	15.9%
75 and over	—	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisville	Shively
White (non-Hispanic)	—	35.6%
Black or African American	—	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.3%
Two or more races	—	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	—	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisville	Shively
No high school diploma	—	12.2%
High school graduate	—	40.4%
Some college or associate's	—	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	—	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	—	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisville	Shively
Drove alone	—	74.9%
Carpooled	—	8.7%
Public transit	—	2.2%
Walked	—	0.2%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	11.8%
Other means	—	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisville	Shively
1-unit, detached	—	69.6%
1-unit, attached	—	0.2%
2 to 4 units	—	10.0%
5 to 19 units	—	14.9%
20 or more units	—	4.2%
Mobile home & other	—	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Louisville	Shively
Poverty rate	—	17.6%
Average household size	—	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	—	1958