Douglass HillsKY
A town of 5,575, settled in 1973.
Is Douglass Hills a good place to live?
Douglass Hills’s weakest is schools (D): its public schools trail 90% of Kentucky towns on state tests and graduation. This Kentucky town ranks 84th of 138 in Kentucky, with a C overall. It comes out better than a third of U.S. towns. Where it does best is health (A): residents are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Homes run about $346K for a typical one, 4.7 times the Louisville/Jefferson County metro’s $74K median household income. 60% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, against 26% in Kentucky’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 17 of Kentucky’s 238 towns do worse. On history, just 9 of Kentucky’s 238 towns do worse.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Douglass Hills stand out
Where Douglass Hills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Douglass Hills | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 18.9% |
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Middletown Christian Preschool & Kindergarten | PK–K | 185 |
| Crosby Middle | 6–8 | 809 |
98% of working residents leave Douglass Hills for work
Where Douglass Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Douglass Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Douglass Hills is from typical.
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Sons of the American Revolution and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Douglass Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
11 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
10 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
11 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumPhoto credits
United States Bullion Depository: Work permit Original author=Cliff, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Douglass Hills: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Douglass Hills, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Douglass Hills.
Douglass Hills is among the three healthiest towns in Kentucky and sends most of its workers to Louisville and beyond, but it has property taxes 1.7 times the Kentucky norm.
Douglass Hills stands out in Kentucky and nationally, with fewer of its adults who report frequent mental distress
It ranks #2 of the 141 Kentucky towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Kentucky is tooth loss: 7.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.9% statewide.
Of 31 CDC measures, Douglass Hills beats the Kentucky average on 24 and trails it on 1. Only 2 of the 141 Kentucky towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Douglass Hills. For adults locally, the share who get no exercise outside work is 17%.
| Douglass Hills | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 18% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 27% | 25% |
| What stands out | Douglass Hills | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.8% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.4% | 15.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Douglass Hills earns a D for schools
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The Jefferson County school district runs its public schools. 809 students attend Douglass Hills’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 809 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Few of Douglass Hills’ working residents work in town
Douglass Hills has 610 jobs for its 2,452 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 378 in 2013 to 610.
In Douglass Hills, the mean commuting time is 19 minutes. The town had 610 jobs in 2023, up 232 from 2013. Among residents locally, 6.4% live below the poverty line. Half commute less than 8 miles.
| Douglass Hills | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Douglass Hills has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Douglass Hills than in 74% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 4 claims locally since 1978. Expected losses in Douglass Hills break down as 53% from inland flooding and 31% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Douglass Hills, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 25°, with about 15 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Douglass Hills has set aside 2.7% of its land for conservation
0.4 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. One park or preserve covers 12 acres in Douglass Hills. Douglass Hills’ concentration of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Douglass Hills | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Douglas Hills Park | 0.4 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Douglass Hills sells for about $338K
The median property tax bill is $2,641, against $1,544 across Kentucky, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Douglass Hills’ going rate for rent comes in at $1,353 a month. In Douglass Hills, 82% of households live in a home they own. A quarter of the homes sold in Douglass Hills went for more than their asking price.
| Douglass Hills | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,353 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Douglass Hills
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Douglass Hills
About 3 of every 100 Douglass Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
About Douglass Hills
City in Kentucky, United States
Douglass Hills is a home rule-class city in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,456 as of the 2020 census, down from 5,484 during the 2010 census,.
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- Established
- 1973
- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 709 ft
Douglass Hills’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Douglass Hills.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Hills | #84 | C | C | — | D | A |
| Middletown | #123 | D | D | C− | D | A |
| Jeffersontown | #71 | C+ | C+ | C | D | B+ |
| Blue Ridge Manor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sycamore | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Douglass Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Blue Ridge Manor and Sycamore aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Douglass Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Douglass Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Douglass Hills, KY a good place to live?
Douglass Hills grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #84 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades A for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Douglass Hills, KY expensive?
The typical home is worth about $346,000, 50% above the Kentucky typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.