About Shorewood Hills

Shorewood Hills is a very small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 1,664 people and just one neighborhood, Shorewood Hills is the 320th largest community in Wisconsin.

Shorewood Hills is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 94.79% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Shorewood Hills is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shorewood Hills who work in teaching (28.08%), healthcare (14.36%), and management occupations (10.55%).

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

Of important note, Shorewood Hills is also a village of artists. Shorewood Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Shorewood Hills's character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.70% 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.

For a small village, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Shorewood Hills. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Shorewood Hills.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Shorewood Hills is also home to many people who can 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.

Because of many things, Shorewood Hills is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Shorewood Hills really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Shorewood Hills perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.97 minutes getting to work every day.

Even though Shorewood Hills is a smaller village, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Shorewood Hills Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Shorewood Hills, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Shorewood Hills is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 81.85% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Shorewood Hills in 2000 was $57,328, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $229,312 for a family of four. However, Shorewood Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Shorewood Hills is English. Some people also speak Spanish.