Shepherd is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,985 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shepherd is the 630th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Shepherd is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Shepherd is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Shepherd who work in maintenance occupations (18.17%), office and administrative support (15.49%), and food service (8.17%). 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. Being a small city, Shepherd does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Shepherd has a very low overall level of education: only 9.17% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Shepherd in 2022 was $20,077, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,308 for a family of four. However, Shepherd contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Shepherd is a very 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 16.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shepherd include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Shepherd is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
