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A town of 3,183, laid out in 1816. 2.7 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Kentucky town.
Simpsonville grades C overall, 89th among Kentucky's 138 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $91K. On the other side, its police reported 2 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. Simpsonville’s property crime rate is 27.6 per 1,000 residents, above both Kentucky’s towns (8.2) and U.S. towns (9.9). Simpsonville has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Whitney M. Young Jr. Birthplace and Lincoln Institute Complex. On civic life, just 18 of Kentucky’s 204 towns do better.
Where Simpsonville beats most towns.
Whitney M. Young Jr. Birthplace
Whitney M. Young Jr. Birthplace is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 77 in 1830, a low of 77 in 1830, 2,990 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1923 and 4 maps from 1929 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 Simpsonville is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Simpsonville, 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 Simpsonville.
Simpsonville trades workers with Louisville and other neighbors and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Kentucky; it also reports property crime at about twice the Kentucky rate.
The typical Simpsonville home is worth about $413,000, about the same as a year ago, 79% above the Kentucky typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Shelby County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpsonville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 441 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Property crime runs at 27.6 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Kentucky rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 123 to 89 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Simpsonville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less. Simpsonville’s violent crime rate is 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 24°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 83% of Kentucky places with climate records; July afternoons average 86.7°.
Simpsonville has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. About 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Simpsonville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 87°F | 87°F | 85°F |
| January low | 24°F | 25°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Simpsonville has about as many jobs (1,515) as working residents, but only 70 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 509 in 2013 to 1,515.
Most working residents leave Simpsonville for work: only 5% work in town. 6.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Simpsonville. Since 2013, Simpsonville has added 1,006 jobs, to 1,515 in 2023.
| Simpsonville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 15% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Simpsonville beats the Kentucky average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 18% of Simpsonville adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Simpsonville | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 27% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Simpsonville | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 18.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Simpsonville
About 4 of every 100 Simpsonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Kentucky.
2,484 counted in 2010 and 2,990 in 2020; an estimated 3,183 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.8% since 2020, after 20.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
9 places in Simpsonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Kentucky, United States
Simpsonville is a home rule-class city in Shelby County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is located 8 miles west of Shelbyville, Kentucky and 23 miles east of Louisville situated along U.S. 60. As of the 2020 census, Simpsonville had a population of 2,990.
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Simpsonville grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #89 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades B for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 5.6 years of the area's median household income ($73,863 across the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
2 notable people were born here, including Mike Casey and Frances Smith Strickland.
