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Jeffersontown grades C+ overall, 71st of 138 graded towns in Kentucky, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $82K. On the other side, its public schools trail 90% of Kentucky towns on state tests and graduation. Its National Register listings include Beechland and Jeffersontown Colored School. Jeffersontown’s property crime rate is 21.7 per 1,000 residents, above both the Kentucky town median (8.2) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). The biggest park or preserve is Jeffersontown Veterans Memorial Park, at 30 acres.
Where Jeffersontown beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Tully Elementary | PK–5 | 791 |
| Jeffersontown Elementary | K–5 | 686 |
| Cochrane Elementary | PK–5 | 470 |
Census counts: 315 in 1860, 28,474 in 2020. The archive holds 27 old photos and papers going back to 1943 and 6 maps from 1907 on.
9 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Jeffersontown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jeffersontown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi LandmarkUnited States Bullion Depository
10 mi Theme parkKentucky Kingdom
10 mi Stadium & arenaLynn Family Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaKFC Yum! Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaL&N Federal Credit Union StadiumUnited 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jeffersontown, 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 Jeffersontown.
Jeffersontown draws workers from Louisville and beyond and has seen reported crime fall by a fifth or more, but it scores below Middletown and its other neighbors on health.
36,152 jobs are based in Jeffersontown, 2.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Jeffersontown for work: only 12% work in town. 6.5% of Jeffersontown residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Jeffersontown grew to 36,152 in 2023, 4,549 more than in 2013.
| Jeffersontown | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Jefferson County school district. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Jeffersontown High, with 1,196 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tully ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 791 | A− |
| Jeffersontown HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,196 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
All 4 graded neighbors score healthier than its B+, from Middletown (A) to Hurstbourne Acres (A+).
Jeffersontown beats the Kentucky average on 17 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Jeffersontown.
| Jeffersontown | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 27% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 14% |
| What stands out | Jeffersontown | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 7.4% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 803 to 658 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Jeffersontown is 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Jeffersontown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jeffersontown has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Jeffersontown’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Jeffersontown | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jeffersontown Veterans Memorial Park | 0.9 mi | 30 |
| 2. Papa John's Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
| 3. Sky View Park | 0.1 mi | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
10 within 15 miles of the center of Jeffersontown
About 4 of every 100 Jeffersontown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
Where Jeffersontown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Kentucky, United States
Jeffersontown is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,474 at the 2020 census. Jeffersontown is a major suburb of Louisville. When the Louisville Metro government was established in 2003, Jeffersontown chose to retain its status as an independent city. It is the metro area's largest municipality outside Louisville. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name J-town.
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6 towns share a border with Jeffersontown.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Douglass Hills (C) comes closest.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersontown | #71 | C+ | C+ | C | D | B+ |
| Forest Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Middletown | #123 | D | D | C− | D | A |
| Douglass Hills | #84 | C | C | — | D | A |
| Blue Ridge Manor | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hurstbourne Acres | — | — | C− | B | D | A+ |
| Hurstbourne | #100 | C | D | — | D | A |
Hurstbourne Acres has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Douglass Hills and Hurstbourne report no FBI crime data of their own. Forest Hills and Blue Ridge Manor aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Jeffersontown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Jeffersontown grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #71 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades B+ for health, C for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $251,000, 9% 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+.
