Jeffersontown
J-town wants you to call it a small town, and the historic core off Taylorsville Road plays along: a few brick storefronts, the Gaslight Festival every September, a Veterans Memorial Park that actually gets used. The rest is Bluegrass Parkway office plates, Costco runs, and subdivisions named after whatever trees got cleared. Dates here mean Bristol or Texas Roadhouse, then a drive. The honest tradeoff: you trade Highlands walkability for a driveway, a yard, and a twenty-minute commute to anywhere that stays open past ten. Couples settle here on purpose. Singles pass through, usually on the way somewhere else.
Jeffersontown by the numbers
Jeffersontown runs male-heavy, about 54% men to 46% women.
Median individual income in Jeffersontown is about $48,000.
Kentucky registers voters by party, and Jefferson County is about 56% Democratic to 32% Republican, with a 13% independent-and-other bloc - the Democratic anchor of a red state.
The median renter in Jeffersontown pays about $1,340 a month.
About 6,000 Jeffersontown residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Repeal Oak Fired Steakhouse
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Le Moo
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Recbar
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Claw Zone
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Selena's at Willow Lake Tavern
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Connors Steak & Seafood
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The Village Anchor
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Grassa Gramma
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Kingpin Lanes
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Puttshack - Louisville
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Melting Pot
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Silvio's Italian Restaurant
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Hell or High Water
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Ten Pin Strike & Spare Family Fun Center
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Brasserie Provence
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Buds Tavern Jtown
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Countdown Louisville
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Hela-do Feliz
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