ShepardsvilleIN
The town, settled in 1823, counts 115 residents.
Is Shepardsville a good place to live?
Shepardsville’s median age is 68.4 years, against 39.4 years in Indiana’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. No town among the 594 in Indiana we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Shepardsville. Shepardsville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
115 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Shepardsville.
Most of Shepardsville’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Terre Haute (28%), Honey Creek Township (6%) and Indianapolis (6%). The median commute is under 13 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Shepardsville brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Shepardsville is
Just over four fifths of Shepardsville adults had a checkup this year. Of 32 CDC measures, Shepardsville beats the Indiana average on 6 and trails it on 2.
| Shepardsville | Typical Indiana town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Shepardsville | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.9% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Shepardsville has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 57% of U.S. communities. One declared disaster, in 2008, has brought federal aid to Shepardsville households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Shepardsville
Turkey Run State Park and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shepardsville. Close and well known come first.
23 mi State parkTurkey Run State Park10 mi MuseumCANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
10 mi MuseumSwope Art Museum
10 mi MuseumPaul Dresser Birthplace
18 mi MuseumMansfield Roller MillPhoto credits
Turkey Run State Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paul Dresser Birthplace: Nyttend, Public domain · Mansfield Roller Mill: Nyttend, Public domain
Moving to Shepardsville: who provides what
Shepardsville is unincorporated, so Vigo County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Shepardsville for work
Where Shepardsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Shepardsville
About 1 of every 100 Shepardsville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Shepardsville
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Shepardsville is an unincorporated census-designated place in northeastern Fayette Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It lies along Trinity Ave. north of the city of Terre Haute, the county seat of Vigo County. Although Shepardsville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47880. As of the 2020 census, Shepardsville had a population of 219. The communities is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 499 ft
- ZIP code
- 47880
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