Shoreline is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 52,954 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Shoreline is the 13th largest community in Washington.

Shoreline is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Shoreline is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shoreline who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.80%), sales jobs (10.93%), and management occupations (9.31%).

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

In addition, Shoreline 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.

One of the nice things about Shoreline is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Shoreline Information and Demographics

The citizens of Shoreline are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.34% of adults in Shoreline have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Shoreline in 2000 was $24,959, which is upper middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,836 for a family of four.

Shoreline is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Shoreline home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Shoreline is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Shoreline include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, and Scottish.

Shoreline also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.89%.

The languages spoken by people in Shoreline are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Shoreline is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, and Korean.