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Jeffersonville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 346th of 585 in Indiana, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $71K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 69% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $252K, 3.4 years of the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income. Only 92 of Indiana’s 1,097 towns score higher on walkability. Jeffersonville is home to Mid-America College of Funeral Service. Only 61 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Jeffersonville beats most towns.
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Its founding year, 1803, comes before those of 97% of the Indiana towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 2,122 in 1850, 49,447 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1840 and 7 maps from 1937 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Jeffersonville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jeffersonville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
6 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
6 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
10 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
10 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumUnited States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jeffersonville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Jeffersonville.
Jeffersonville has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in Indiana and sends many workers across the state line to Louisville, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
In Jeffersonville, the density of trails is 0.7 miles per square mile, where Indiana’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Perrin Family Park, at 87 acres with 1.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 27 parks and preserves cover 437 acres locally.
| Jeffersonville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Richard L. Vissing Park | 2.2 mi | 47 |
| 2. Perrin Family Park | 1.3 mi | 87 |
| 3. Allison Brook Park | 0.4 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
40% of Jeffersonville adults have high blood pressure, near the Indiana town median (39%) and above the median of U.S. towns (35%). The share of adults in Jeffersonville who have obesity: 45%.
| Jeffersonville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Jeffersonville | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with obesity | 45% | 38.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Louisville Mcalpine weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 46 days a year reach 90°, the #2 highest of 1,978 Indiana places with climate records. The Louisville Mcalpine weather station, 6 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 225 days, the highest of 1,978 Indiana places with climate records.
The range runs from 25° on a January night to 88° on a July afternoon, with about 4 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
31% of working residents cross a state line to work, Louisville among the top destinations. Jeffersonville has about as many jobs (27,636) as working residents, but only 5,408 people both live and work here.
About one worker in five stays in Jeffersonville for work. The average trip to work here is 20 minutes. The top destinations are Louisville (9%), New Albany (9%) and Clarksville (6%). 14% of workers work from home here.
| Jeffersonville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Jeffersonville's reported crime rate is close to Indiana's. In Jeffersonville, the rate of reported violence is 3.2 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Jeffersonville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 3.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 16.7 per 1,000 residents | 9.9 | 11.5 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
144 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 28 properties have flooded more than once.
Compared with nearly three fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Jeffersonville is higher. Since 1978, Jeffersonville has seen 144 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts 48% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 26% to tornadoes. Federal aid has come to Jeffersonville households in 9 declared disasters; the latest was in 2025.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Every broad age group is within 4 points of the Indiana average. 54,134 people lived in Jeffersonville by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 9.5% more than in 2020. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana. Jeffersonville: 21% of residents are under 18.
| Jeffersonville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 22% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.5, men 37.9.
| Jeffersonville | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.8% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes sold in Jeffersonville spent a median 58 days on the market. A typical home here is worth about $252,000, up 1.5% in a year, close to the Indiana typical home. Sellers in Jeffersonville got 100% of the asking price, typically.
| Jeffersonville | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,148 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 76% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of Jeffersonville
About 4 of every 100 Jeffersonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
5.9% of the town is conserved land, across 27 parks and preserves.
6 places in Jeffersonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
20 notable people were born in Jeffersonville.
City in Indiana, United States
Jeffersonville is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky, along I-65. The population was 49,447 at the 2020 census. Jeffersonville began its existence as a settlement around Fort Finney after 1786 and was named after Thomas Jefferson in 1801, the year he took office.
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8 towns share a border with Jeffersonville.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersonville | #346 | B− | B | — | B− | C |
| Silver Creek Township | #157 | A− | B | — | B+ | B |
| Utica Township | #424 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | C |
| Jeffersonville Township | #410 | C+ | B | — | B− | C− |
| Charlestown | #297 | B | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Clarksville | #562 | D | B | D | C+ | D |
| Utica | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Charlestown Township | #261 | B | A− | — | B− | C+ |
Utica has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jeffersonville, Silver Creek Township, Utica Township, Jeffersonville Township, Charlestown, Utica and Charlestown Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Jeffersonville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Jeffersonville grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #346 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C for health and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
20 notable people were born here, including Nick Dinsmore and John Schnatter.
