Shepherdstown is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Shepherdstown area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Shepherdstown maintain a good economy.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Shepherdstown spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.19 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Shepherdstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Shepherdstown, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Shepherdstown is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.29% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Shepherdstown in 2022 was $21,508, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,032 for a family of four. However, Shepherdstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Shepherdstown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Shepherdstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shepherdstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shepherdstown include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Shepherdstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
