Prairie Creek vs Shepardsville

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

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

Prairie Creek has the higher population (297 vs 86 in Shepardsville). Since 2019, Prairie Creek's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -33.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Creek	Shepardsville
Population	297	86
Median age	39.9 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,720	—
Median home value	$98,000	—
Housing units	116	48
Homeownership rate	67.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Creek	Shepardsville
Population	258 → 297 (+15.1%)	130 → 86 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$36,694 → $38,720 (+5.5%)	—
Median home value	$97,100 → $98,000 (+0.9%)	$95,300 → $76,700 (-19.5%)

Prairie Creek

Population

258297

Median household income

$36,694$38,720

Median home value

$97,100$98,000

Shepardsville

Population

13086

Median home value

$95,300$76,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Creek	Shepardsville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	26.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	20.2%	66.3%
75 and over	0.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Creek	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+

	Prairie Creek	Shepardsville
No high school diploma	46.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	74.4%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	4.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Creek	Shepardsville
Drove alone	83.9%	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	16.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Creek	Shepardsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Creek	Shepardsville
Poverty rate	59.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.56	1.79
Median year structure built	1942	1938