Jeffersonville vs Mount Sterling

A side-by-side comparison of Jeffersonville and Mount Sterling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Sterling has the higher population (7,549 vs 1,937 in Jeffersonville). Jeffersonville has the higher median household income ($56,932 vs $50,843 in Mount Sterling). Mount Sterling has the higher median home value ($178,200 vs $114,900 in Jeffersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
Population	1,937	7,549
Median age	36.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,932	$50,843
Median home value	$114,900	$178,200
Median gross rent	$779	$564
Housing units	793	3,536
Homeownership rate	69.2%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
Population	1,973 → 1,937 (-1.8%)	7,166 → 7,549 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$43,527 → $56,932 (+30.8%)	$42,460 → $50,843 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $114,900 (+26.1%)	$128,900 → $178,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $779 (+2.5%)	$684 → $564 (-17.5%)

Jeffersonville

Population

1,9731,937

Median household income

$43,527$56,932

Median home value

$91,100$114,900

Median gross rent

$760$779

Mount Sterling

Population

7,1667,549

Median household income

$42,460$50,843

Median home value

$128,900$178,200

Median gross rent

$684$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
Under 5	2.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	17.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	15.3%	13.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	81.2%	84.9%
Carpooled	14.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	58.0%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Jeffersonville	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	17.9%	19.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1987	1972