Mounds View vs Shoreview

A side-by-side comparison of Mounds View and Shoreview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shoreview has the higher population (26,724 vs 12,992 in Mounds View). Shoreview has the higher median household income ($109,399 vs $90,148 in Mounds View). Shoreview has the higher median home value ($365,100 vs $294,500 in Mounds View).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds View	Shoreview
Population	12,992	26,724
Median age	37.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,148	$109,399
Median home value	$294,500	$365,100
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,502
Housing units	5,417	11,644
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	63.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds View	Shoreview
Population	13,094 → 12,992 (-0.8%)	26,791 → 26,724 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,148 (+33.7%)	$92,826 → $109,399 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $294,500 (+42.5%)	$275,800 → $365,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,216 (+31.0%)	$1,214 → $1,502 (+23.7%)

Mounds View

Population

13,09412,992

Median household income

$67,402$90,148

Median home value

$206,700$294,500

Median gross rent

$928$1,216

Shoreview

Population

26,79126,724

Median household income

$92,826$109,399

Median home value

$275,800$365,100

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,502

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mounds View	Shoreview
Under 5	8.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.1%
75 and over	8.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds View	Shoreview
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	76.9%
Black or African American	6.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	11.2%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds View	Shoreview
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.9%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds View	Shoreview
Drove alone	71.3%	74.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.4%
Public transit	2.5%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.3%	18.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds View	Shoreview
1-unit, detached	54.9%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	15.6%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Mounds View	Shoreview
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1976	1981