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Jeffersontown, KY

28,988 Population
10.6 square miles 2,724.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,113 ±$2,335 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $40,019 ±$420
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$78,185 ±$9,124 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $71,737 ±$625
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

6.8% ±1.9% (1,939  ±534) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 163,772 (±0.4% / ±5,027)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

21.9 minutes ±1.1 (266,130  ±23,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 24.1 14,180,700 (±0.2 / ±174,610)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

12,288 ±555 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 550,423 ±1,895
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.1 (28,775  ±53) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,337,065 (±0 / ±302)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

5.1% ±1.9% (314  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,341 (±0.4% / ±1,134)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

12,881 ±554 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 597,784 ±404
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$236,800 ±$7,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $236,400 ±$1,890
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

12.3% ±3.6% (3,518  ±1,035.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 164,900 (±0.4% / ±4,958.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

95.3% ±4.3% (19,488  ±1,169.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 863,353 (±0.7% / ±6,691)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
38.9% ±3.1% (7,967  ±701.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.2% 304,049 (±0.4% / ±3,873.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.2% ±1.9% (2,658  ±558) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 91,498
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

8.2% ±1.9% (1,795  ±409) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 73,635 (±0.2% / ±2,212)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,795 Total veterans ±409 1,607 Male ±397 188 Female ±109

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