Mound vs Shorewood

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

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

Mound has the higher population (9,176 vs 7,679 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($172,325 vs $91,370 in Mound). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($684,500 vs $348,600 in Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Mound	Shorewood
Population	9,176	7,679
Median age	45.6 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,370	$172,325
Median home value	$348,600	$684,500
Median gross rent	$1,119	$2,099
Housing units	4,730	3,021
Homeownership rate	74.8%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	72.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound	Shorewood
Population	9,480 → 9,176 (-3.2%)	7,867 → 7,679 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$92,964 → $91,370 (-1.7%)	$139,956 → $172,325 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$261,300 → $348,600 (+33.4%)	$485,300 → $684,500 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,119 (+7.6%)	$1,639 → $2,099 (+28.1%)

Mound

Population

9,4809,176

Median household income

$92,964$91,370

Median home value

$261,300$348,600

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,119

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)

	Mound	Shorewood
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	4.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	21.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.4%
75 and over	5.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound	Shorewood
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	24.3%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound	Shorewood
Drove alone	63.8%	64.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	2.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	22.1%	29.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	70.7%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	14.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mound	Shorewood
Poverty rate	9.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.07	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1971	1986