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Shepherdsville, KY

14,533 Population
16.3 square miles 893.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,829 ±$2,654 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $41,207 ±$434
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$71,476 ±$10,529 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $73,863 ±$772
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

21.5% ±5.4% (3,086  ±771) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 166,306 (±0.4% / ±5,327)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

23.5 minutes ±1.4 (155,180  ±16,302) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 24.1 13,955,150 (±0.2 / ±185,249)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

5,491 ±275 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 558,306 ±2,199
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.6 ±0.1 (14,432  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,347,686 (±0 / ±319)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

3.1% ±1.8% (113  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,628 (±0.3% / ±1,030)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

5,903 ±299 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 602,727 ±288
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$222,100 ±$13,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $248,700 ±$1,784
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

7.5% ±2.5% (1,084  ±352.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 11.8% 160,344 (±0.3% / ±4,222.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

89% ±5.9% (8,321  ±690.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 871,912 (±0.7% / ±6,563.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
16.8% ±3.5% (1,573  ±336.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.9% 314,441 (±0.4% / ±4,171.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±0.9% (170  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 96,638
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

5.4% ±1.7% (567  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 71,611 (±0.2% / ±2,195)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
567 Total veterans ±180 446 Male ±152 121 Female ±77

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