Burns Harbor vs Shorewood Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Burns Harbor and Shorewood Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

Burns Harbor and Shorewood Forest are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shorewood Forest has the higher population (3,030 vs 2,198 in Burns Harbor). Shorewood Forest has the higher median household income ($151,382 vs $98,333 in Burns Harbor). Shorewood Forest has the higher median home value ($449,400 vs $236,700 in Burns Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
Population	2,198	3,030
Median age	37.1 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,333	$151,382
Median home value	$236,700	$449,400
Median gross rent	$1,413	—
Housing units	965	1,070
Homeownership rate	66.0%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
Population	1,980 → 2,198 (+11.0%)	2,825 → 3,030 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $98,333 (+26.9%)	$123,000 → $151,382 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$167,800 → $236,700 (+41.1%)	$369,000 → $449,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,175 → $1,413 (+20.3%)	—

Burns Harbor

Population

1,9802,198

Median household income

$77,500$98,333

Median home value

$167,800$236,700

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,413

Shorewood Forest

Population

2,8253,030

Median household income

$123,000$151,382

Median home value

$369,000$449,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	21.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	18.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	12.4%
75 and over	5.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	76.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
Drove alone	89.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	12.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
1-unit, detached	56.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burns Harbor	Shorewood Forest
Poverty rate	9.5%	8.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	2008	1990