Medina vs Shorewood

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

Medina 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 6,858 in Medina). Medina has the higher median household income ($219,181 vs $172,325 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($684,500 vs $660,800 in Medina).

Population, income & housing

	Medina	Shorewood
Population	6,858	7,679
Median age	40.7 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$219,181	$172,325
Median home value	$660,800	$684,500
Median gross rent	$1,421	$2,099
Housing units	2,484	3,021
Homeownership rate	93.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.6%	72.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medina	Shorewood
Population	6,380 → 6,858 (+7.5%)	7,867 → 7,679 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$148,110 → $219,181 (+48.0%)	$139,956 → $172,325 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$606,100 → $660,800 (+9.0%)	$485,300 → $684,500 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,421 (+6.2%)	$1,639 → $2,099 (+28.1%)

Medina

Population

6,3806,858

Median household income

$148,110$219,181

Median home value

$606,100$660,800

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,421

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)

	Medina	Shorewood
Under 5	7.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	17.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.4%
75 and over	4.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medina	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	90.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medina	Shorewood
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	7.8%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medina	Shorewood
Drove alone	54.8%	64.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	40.8%	29.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medina	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	85.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Medina	Shorewood
Poverty rate	2.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.87	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1999	1986