Fontanet vs Shepardsville

A side-by-side comparison of Fontanet and Shepardsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Fontanet and Shepardsville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fontanet has the higher population (187 vs 86 in Shepardsville). Since 2019, Shepardsville's population has grown faster (-33.8% vs -58.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
Population	187	86
Median age	58.4 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median home value	$289,400	—
Housing units	120	48
Homeownership rate	87.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
Population	455 → 187 (-58.9%)	130 → 86 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$68,478 → $68,750 (+0.4%)	—
Median home value	$189,600 → $289,400 (+52.6%)	$95,300 → $76,700 (-19.5%)

Fontanet

Population

455187

Median household income

$68,478$68,750

Median home value

$189,600$289,400

Shepardsville

Population

13086

Median home value

$95,300$76,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	21.9%	66.3%
75 and over	19.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
No high school diploma	5.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.4%	74.4%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	4.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
Drove alone	100.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
1-unit, detached	71.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fontanet	Shepardsville
Poverty rate	18.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.79
Median year structure built	1958	1938