Mount Washington vs Shepherdsville

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

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

Mount Washington has the higher population (18,228 vs 14,351 in Shepherdsville). Mount Washington has the higher median household income ($93,852 vs $71,250 in Shepherdsville). Mount Washington has the higher median home value ($253,700 vs $202,300 in Shepherdsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
Population	18,228	14,351
Median age	38.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$93,852	$71,250
Median home value	$253,700	$202,300
Median gross rent	$919	$898
Housing units	6,902	5,913
Homeownership rate	86.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
Population	14,567 → 18,228 (+25.1%)	12,218 → 14,351 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$69,214 → $93,852 (+35.6%)	$52,448 → $71,250 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $253,700 (+48.9%)	$144,200 → $202,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $919 (+21.4%)	$781 → $898 (+15.0%)

Mount Washington

Population

14,56718,228

Median household income

$69,214$93,852

Median home value

$170,400$253,700

Median gross rent

$757$919

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)

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
Under 5	7.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.1%
75 and over	6.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
No high school diploma	6.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	31.1%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
Drove alone	79.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.3%	9.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
1-unit, detached	80.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Washington	Shepherdsville
Poverty rate	4.6%	20.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	2002	1995