Shoreview is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 25,924 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Shoreview is the 33rd largest community in Minnesota.

Shoreview is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Shoreview is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shoreview who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.63%), management occupations (14.12%), and sales jobs (11.24%).

Also of interest is that Shoreview has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Shoreview is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

For most residents of Shoreview, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 96.8% of people in Shoreview drive alone to work on most days, making Shoreview a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Shoreview's landscape.

Shoreview Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Shoreview is a pretty powerful place. 46.87% of the adults in Shoreview have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Shoreview in 2000 was $32,399, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,596 for a family of four. However, Shoreview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Shoreview home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Shoreview is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Shoreview include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, English, Polish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Shoreview is English.