About Shorewood

Shorewood is a somewhat small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 7,396 people and just one neighborhood, Shorewood is the 116th largest community in Minnesota.

Shorewood is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Shorewood is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Shorewood who work in management occupations (22.21%), sales jobs (15.48%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.99%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.34% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Shorewood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Shorewood is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Shorewood a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Shorewood has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Shorewood's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Shorewood is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Shorewood isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.05% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small city, Shorewood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Shorewood Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Shorewood. 58.81% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Shorewood in 2000 was $44,425, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $177,700 for a family of four. However, Shorewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Shorewood is English.