Jessamine County vs Shelby County

A side-by-side comparison of Jessamine County and Shelby County: population, income, housing, and more.

Jessamine County and Shelby County are counties in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jessamine County has the higher population (53,792 vs 48,599 in Shelby County). Shelby County has the higher median household income ($82,671 vs $74,886 in Jessamine County). Shelby County has the higher median home value ($277,500 vs $245,100 in Jessamine County).

Population, income & housing

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
Population	53,792	48,599
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,886	$82,671
Median home value	$245,100	$277,500
Median gross rent	$994	$998
Housing units	20,936	19,216
Homeownership rate	69.3%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
Population	53,032 → 53,792 (+1.4%)	47,325 → 48,599 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$58,245 → $74,886 (+28.6%)	$67,056 → $82,671 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $245,100 (+42.4%)	$197,300 → $277,500 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $994 (+26.0%)	$849 → $998 (+17.6%)

Jessamine County

Population

53,03253,792

Median household income

$58,245$74,886

Median home value

$172,100$245,100

Median gross rent

$789$994

Shelby County

Population

47,32548,599

Median household income

$67,056$82,671

Median home value

$197,300$277,500

Median gross rent

$849$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
Under 5	6.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	78.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.8%
High school graduate	29.3%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
Drove alone	76.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.3%	11.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Jessamine County	Shelby County
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1991	1992