Dayton vs Shorewood

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

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

Dayton has the higher population (8,381 vs 7,679 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($172,325 vs $137,383 in Dayton). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($684,500 vs $510,600 in Dayton).

Population, income & housing

	Dayton	Shorewood
Population	8,381	7,679
Median age	41.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,383	$172,325
Median home value	$510,600	$684,500
Median gross rent	$1,353	$2,099
Housing units	3,087	3,021
Homeownership rate	94.9%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	72.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayton	Shorewood
Population	5,817 → 8,381 (+44.1%)	7,867 → 7,679 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$97,652 → $137,383 (+40.7%)	$139,956 → $172,325 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$313,500 → $510,600 (+62.9%)	$485,300 → $684,500 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,353 (+19.2%)	$1,639 → $2,099 (+28.1%)

Dayton

Population

5,8178,381

Median household income

$97,652$137,383

Median home value

$313,500$510,600

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,353

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)

	Dayton	Shorewood
Under 5	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	4.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	21.3%	21.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.4%
75 and over	3.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayton	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	90.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayton	Shorewood
No high school diploma	9.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayton	Shorewood
Drove alone	72.3%	64.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	21.4%	29.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayton	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	87.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayton	Shorewood
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	2003	1986