Shepherdsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 14,486 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Shepherdsville is the 31st largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities, Shepherdsville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Shepherdsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Shepherdsville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shepherdsville who work in office and administrative support (13.09%), sales jobs (10.51%), and management occupations (9.74%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.47% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Shepherdsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Shepherdsville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.60% of adults in Shepherdsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Shepherdsville in 2022 was $27,773, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,092 for a family of four. However, Shepherdsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Shepherdsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shepherdsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shepherdsville include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Shepherdsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
