Brooks vs Shepherdsville

A side-by-side comparison of Brooks and Shepherdsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooks and Shepherdsville are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shepherdsville has the higher population (14,351 vs 2,246 in Brooks). Shepherdsville has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $70,947 in Brooks). Brooks has the higher median home value ($203,600 vs $202,300 in Shepherdsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
Population	2,246	14,351
Median age	50.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,947	$71,250
Median home value	$203,600	$202,300
Median gross rent	$1,113	$898
Housing units	885	5,913
Homeownership rate	86.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
Population	2,481 → 2,246 (-9.5%)	12,218 → 14,351 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$60,204 → $70,947 (+17.8%)	$52,448 → $71,250 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $203,600 (+34.4%)	$144,200 → $202,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,113 (+14.6%)	$781 → $898 (+15.0%)

Brooks

Population

2,4812,246

Median household income

$60,204$70,947

Median home value

$151,500$203,600

Median gross rent

$971$1,113

Shepherdsville

Population

12,21814,351

Median household income

$52,448$71,250

Median home value

$144,200$202,300

Median gross rent

$781$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	6.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	22.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	8.1%
75 and over	6.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
No high school diploma	13.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	55.4%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
Drove alone	70.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	12.1%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
1-unit, detached	78.5%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Brooks	Shepherdsville
Poverty rate	13.6%	20.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1984	1995