Pioneer Village vs Shepherdsville

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

Pioneer Village 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 2,690 in Pioneer Village). Pioneer Village has the higher median household income ($79,566 vs $71,250 in Shepherdsville). Pioneer Village has the higher median home value ($233,400 vs $202,300 in Shepherdsville).

Population, income & housing

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
Population	2,690	14,351
Median age	53.8 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,566	$71,250
Median home value	$233,400	$202,300
Median gross rent	$1,357	$898
Housing units	1,098	5,913
Homeownership rate	94.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
Population	2,889 → 2,690 (-6.9%)	12,218 → 14,351 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$68,417 → $79,566 (+16.3%)	$52,448 → $71,250 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $233,400 (+43.9%)	$144,200 → $202,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,357 (+30.1%)	$781 → $898 (+15.0%)

Pioneer Village

Population

2,8892,690

Median household income

$68,417$79,566

Median home value

$162,200$233,400

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,357

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)

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
Under 5	4.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	17.2%	8.1%
75 and over	12.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
Drove alone	84.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
1-unit, detached	80.3%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Pioneer Village	Shepherdsville
Poverty rate	9.9%	20.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1993	1995