Porter vs Shorewood Forest

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

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

Porter has the higher population (5,208 vs 3,030 in Shorewood Forest). Shorewood Forest has the higher median household income ($151,382 vs $74,155 in Porter). Shorewood Forest has the higher median home value ($449,400 vs $259,700 in Porter).

Population, income & housing

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
Population	5,208	3,030
Median age	41.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,155	$151,382
Median home value	$259,700	$449,400
Median gross rent	$1,161	—
Housing units	2,106	1,070
Homeownership rate	77.2%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
Population	4,817 → 5,208 (+8.1%)	2,825 → 3,030 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$91,667 → $74,155 (-19.1%)	$123,000 → $151,382 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $259,700 (+36.8%)	$369,000 → $449,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,161 (-10.6%)	—

Porter

Population

4,8175,208

Median household income

$91,667$74,155

Median home value

$189,900$259,700

Median gross rent

$1,299$1,161

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)

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
Under 5	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	12.4%
75 and over	5.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	76.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	4.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	27.9%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
Drove alone	78.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
1-unit, detached	77.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Porter	Shorewood Forest
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1990	1990