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Shively, KY

15,638 Population
4.6 square miles 3,420.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,765 ±$4,632 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $41,207 ±$434
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,221 ±$4,288 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $73,863 ±$772
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±4% (2,250  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 166,306 (±0.4% / ±5,327)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±4.1 (147,545  ±15,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 24.1 13,955,150 (±0.2 / ±185,249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,786 ±447 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 558,306 ±2,199
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (15,437  ±51) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,347,686 (±0 / ±319)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±2.3% (79  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,628 (±0.3% / ±1,030)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,160 ±439 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 602,727 ±288
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,700 ±$6,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $248,700 ±$1,784
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±2.3% (1,113  ±350.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 11.8% 160,344 (±0.3% / ±4,222.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±6.5% (10,126  ±893) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 871,912 (±0.7% / ±6,563.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.9% ±2.9% (1,629  ±343.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.9% 314,441 (±0.4% / ±4,171.9)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.8% ±1.9% (436  ±304) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 96,638
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±2.5% (1,262  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 71,611 (±0.2% / ±2,195)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,262 Total veterans ±319 1,180 Male ±306 82 Female ±54

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