The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Shepherd has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Shepherd a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Shepherd, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.47 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Shepherd does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Shepherd have a very low rate of college education: just 7.43% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
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.
