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.Shepherdsville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. Shepherdsville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, the citizens of Shepherdsville rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.60% of adults 25 and older in Shepherdsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. 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.
