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Jeffersontown city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Jeffersontown city is a Census city of 29,199 people across 10.66 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $81,506, 70.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $325,900.
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Jeffersontown
What Jeffersontown is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.66 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,738
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jeffersontown
How many people live in Jeffersontown
- Population29,199
- Median age40.5
- Population under 186,747
- Share under 1823.1 percent
- Population 65 and over6,398
- Share 65 and over21.9 percent
- Households12,479
- Family households7,935
- Share of households that are families63.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jeffersontown
Income and work in Jeffersontown
- Median household income$81,506
- Per capita income$41,471
- Civilian labor force14,599
- Employed14,188
- Unemployed411 plus or minus 152
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over20,949
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jeffersontown
Housing in Jeffersontown
- Housing units13,040
- Occupied units12,479
- Vacant units561 plus or minus 230
- Vacancy rate4.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied8,747
- Renter occupied3,732
- Ownership rate70.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$250,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,320
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.4 percent
- Single family units9,697
- Share single family74.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,330
- Share in buildings of two or more25.5 percent
- Mobile homes13 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jeffersontown
How Jeffersontown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,956
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,628
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,003
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.1 percent
- Drove alone72.4 percent
- Carpooled10.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home15.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jeffersontown
SBA loans in Jeffersontown (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$325,900
- Average approval$325,900
- Median approval$325,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$325,900
- Largest approval$325,900
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Jeffersontown
Jefferson County context, not Jeffersontown figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Jeffersontown measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County20,164
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County470,153
- Covered employment, Jefferson County482,313
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$71,280
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,371
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County2,863
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County1,173
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$78,803,068,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County3.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$69,779
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Jeffersontown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Jeffersontown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jeffersontown, Kentucky?
29,199, in 12,479 households. Jeffersontown city covers 10.66 square miles of land, which is 2,738 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jeffersontown in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Jeffersontown?
$81,506. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $250,700. Median gross rent is $1,320 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Jeffersontown businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $325,900, across 1 lenders, median approval $325,900. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Jeffersontown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Jeffersontown borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Jeffersontown. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Jeffersontown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Jeffersontown.
Is zoning published for Jeffersontown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.