Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Shepherd is worth considering.
One downside of living in Shepherd is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Shepherd, the average commute to work is 31.47 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Shepherd is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Shepherd, just 7.43% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Shepherd in 2022 was $25,425, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,700 for a family of four. However, Shepherd contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Shepherd is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Shepherd home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shepherd residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Shepherd also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shepherd include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Shepherd is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
