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Shively, KY

15,556 Population
4.6 square miles 3,402.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,353 ±$7,760 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $40,019 ±$420
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$46,522 ±$4,736 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $71,737 ±$625
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

17.6% ±4.5% (2,672  ±683) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 163,772 (±0.4% / ±5,027)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

22.3 minutes ±3.3 (132,340  ±13,670) 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

7,035 ±459 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 550,423 ±1,895
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.2 ±0.1 (15,354  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,337,065 (±0 / ±302)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

2% ±1.8% (62  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,341 (±0.4% / ±1,134)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

7,245 ±484 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 597,784 ±404
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$139,200 ±$7,176 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $236,400 ±$1,890
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

6.1% ±2% (940  ±308.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 164,900 (±0.4% / ±4,958.9)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

87.8% ±6.1% (9,813  ±842.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 863,353 (±0.7% / ±6,691)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
12.7% ±2.6% (1,418  ±295.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.2% 304,049 (±0.4% / ±3,873.8)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

3.3% ±2.1% (509  ±332) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 91,498
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

9.6% ±2.4% (1,184  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 73,635 (±0.2% / ±2,212)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
1,184 Total veterans ±306 1,099 Male ±290 85 Female ±65

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