Chesterton vs Shorewood Forest

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

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

Chesterton has the higher population (14,326 vs 3,030 in Shorewood Forest). Shorewood Forest has the higher median household income ($151,382 vs $88,536 in Chesterton). Shorewood Forest has the higher median home value ($449,400 vs $280,400 in Chesterton).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
Population	14,326	3,030
Median age	37.6 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,536	$151,382
Median home value	$280,400	$449,400
Median gross rent	$1,145	—
Housing units	6,025	1,070
Homeownership rate	71.8%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
Population	14,119 → 14,326 (+1.5%)	2,825 → 3,030 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$73,977 → $88,536 (+19.7%)	$123,000 → $151,382 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $280,400 (+47.3%)	$369,000 → $449,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,145 (+22.7%)	—

Chesterton

Population

14,11914,326

Median household income

$73,977$88,536

Median home value

$190,400$280,400

Median gross rent

$933$1,145

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)

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
Under 5	7.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	18.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.4%
75 and over	8.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	76.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
Drove alone	70.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	12.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
1-unit, detached	65.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesterton	Shorewood Forest
Poverty rate	10.8%	8.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1980	1990