Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Shepherdsville has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 14,932 people commute in to work
16,066 jobs are based in Shepherdsville; 7,368 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Shepherdsville is better than 45% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in seven stay in Shepherdsville for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (22%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Shepherdsville apart
Shepherdsville is where the jobs are
Shepherdsville has 16,066 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 24,000 people are in town, 58% more than the 15,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
54% of the jobs in Shepherdsville are in trade, transport and utilities, against 31% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Shepherdsville and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Shepherdsville residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Shepherdsville come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Shepherdsville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Shepherdsville went from 11,244 in 2013 to 16,066 in 2023, +43%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Shepherdsville
Job access by car holds Shepherdsville’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shepherdsville could be anywhere from C to B+.
Shepherdsville fills up on a workday
On a workday 6,234 residents head out to work and 1,134 work right here.
About 24,000 people are in Shepherdsville on a workday afternoon, 58% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Shepherdsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shepherdsville, 2013 → 2023: 11,244 → 16,066. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shepherdsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Shepherdsville, and from where
Where Shepherdsville clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Shepherdsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shepherdsville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,601 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Shepherdsville works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Shepherdsville: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,245 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of Shepherdsville households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shepherdsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Shepherdsville ranks: 1,575th of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 23 | Francisville KY | 10,565 | $159K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Oakbrook KY | 10,211 | $95K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Burlington KY | 18,008 | $109K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,573 | Millbrook AL | 17,623 | $70K | 7.8% | 6.6% | 6% | B− |
| 1,574 | Flagg Township IL | 13,335 | $74K | 7.1% | 7.2% | 28% | B− |
| 1,575 | Shepherdsville KY | 14,931 | $71K | 21.5% | 4.2% | 15% | B− |
| 1,576 | Cimarron Hills CO | 19,817 | $81K | 10.6% | 7.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,577 | Truckee CA | 17,278 | $130K | 9.0% | 6.6% | 40% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Shepherdsville, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Shepherdsville: questions
What is the median household income in Shepherdsville?
$71,476 (±$10,529) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shepherdsville?
21.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shepherdsville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shepherdsville work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (22%, 15 mi), Jeffersontown (4%, 17 mi), Lexington (3%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shepherdsville walkable?
Shepherdsville is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shepherdsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shepherdsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shepherdsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.