Corcoran vs Shorewood

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

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

Shorewood has the higher population (7,679 vs 6,854 in Corcoran). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($172,325 vs $143,250 in Corcoran). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($684,500 vs $540,100 in Corcoran).

Population, income & housing

	Corcoran	Shorewood
Population	6,854	7,679
Median age	41.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,250	$172,325
Median home value	$540,100	$684,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,099
Housing units	2,527	3,021
Homeownership rate	94.7%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	72.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corcoran	Shorewood
Population	5,911 → 6,854 (+16.0%)	7,867 → 7,679 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$122,075 → $143,250 (+17.3%)	$139,956 → $172,325 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $540,100 (+61.1%)	$485,300 → $684,500 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,681 → $2,219 (+32.0%)	$1,639 → $2,099 (+28.1%)

Corcoran

Population

5,9116,854

Median household income

$122,075$143,250

Median home value

$335,300$540,100

Median gross rent

$1,681$2,219

Shorewood

Population

7,8677,679

Median household income

$139,956$172,325

Median home value

$485,300$684,500

Median gross rent

$1,639$2,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corcoran	Shorewood
Under 5	8.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	3.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	4.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	21.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.4%
75 and over	10.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corcoran	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	13.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corcoran	Shorewood
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	20.8%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corcoran	Shorewood
Drove alone	65.9%	64.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	26.4%	29.8%
Other means	2.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corcoran	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	92.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corcoran	Shorewood
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1984	1986