Orono vs Shorewood

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

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

Orono has the higher population (8,205 vs 7,679 in Shorewood). Orono has the higher median household income ($181,875 vs $172,325 in Shorewood). Orono has the higher median home value ($952,400 vs $684,500 in Shorewood).

Population, income & housing

	Orono	Shorewood
Population	8,205	7,679
Median age	47.2 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$181,875	$172,325
Median home value	$952,400	$684,500
Median gross rent	$1,653	$2,099
Housing units	3,449	3,021
Homeownership rate	90.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	72.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orono	Shorewood
Population	8,113 → 8,205 (+1.1%)	7,867 → 7,679 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$159,028 → $181,875 (+14.4%)	$139,956 → $172,325 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$680,100 → $952,400 (+40.0%)	$485,300 → $684,500 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,460 → $1,653 (+13.2%)	$1,639 → $2,099 (+28.1%)

Orono

Population

8,1138,205

Median household income

$159,028$181,875

Median home value

$680,100$952,400

Median gross rent

$1,460$1,653

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)

	Orono	Shorewood
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	2.5%
25 to 34	4.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	21.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orono	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orono	Shorewood
No high school diploma	0.2%	1.1%
High school graduate	9.6%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	44.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orono	Shorewood
Drove alone	63.0%	64.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	31.2%	29.8%
Other means	3.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orono	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	90.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orono	Shorewood
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1982	1986