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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With a population of 14,486, 5,128 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $236,912, house prices in Shepherdsville are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Shepherdsville, accounting for 68.73% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Shepherdsville include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 10.99%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.76%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 7.10%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Shepherdsville. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 70.12% of Shepherdsville's homes, and 69.00% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Shepherdsville built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Shepherdsville built between 2000 and later ( 35.55%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 9.37%). There's also some housing in Shepherdsville built before 1939 ( 2.80%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Shepherdsville's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.90% during the period.
Over the last year, Shepherdsville appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Shepherdsville's appreciation rate has been 5.07%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Shepherdsville were at 0.92%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 3.75%.
Relative to Kentucky, our data show that Shepherdsville's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Kentucky.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Shepherdsville differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Shepherdsville - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Shepherdsville real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$236,912
for Kentucky
for nation
5,128
$1,586 / per month