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Shively, Kentucky.

A city in Jefferson County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Jefferson County’s.

Living in Shively, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Shively is a city of 15,636 people in Jefferson County. Half its households earn more than $50,221 a year and half less, against $69,866 across Jefferson County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Jefferson County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 15,636 in the 2020 census; median age 47.5
Household income $50,221 the median, give or take $4,288 · Jefferson County: $69,866
Unemployment 4.3% Jefferson County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 62% lived in by their owners; 38% rented
  • 6,786households
  • 14%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Manufacturing17%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jefferson County had 480,013 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 71° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 28° F M A M J J 89° 71° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 44° and 28°; warmest in July, 89° and 71° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 44° 28° F M A M J J 89° 71° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 71°. About 13 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Louisville International Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Shively

  1. Ferrero Louisville BakeryCookies, filled, manufacturing340
  2. AAK USAHydrogenating purchased oil142
  3. Signature HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities141
  4. Parallel Products of KentuckyWaste recovery facilities131
  5. Signature HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities99
  6. Early Times DistilleryDistilling alcoholic beverages68
  7. S-WalkCurb and gutter construction, residential and commercial driveway and parking area, concrete48
  8. Kamps Pallets - LouisvillePallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing46

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,166 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  4. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Shively’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Jefferson County.