Shoreview vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Shoreview and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Paul has the higher population (307,762 vs 26,724 in Shoreview). Shoreview has the higher median household income ($109,399 vs $73,055 in St. Paul). Shoreview has the higher median home value ($365,100 vs $280,300 in St. Paul).

Population, income & housing

	Shoreview	St. Paul
Population	26,724	307,762
Median age	44.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,399	$73,055
Median home value	$365,100	$280,300
Median gross rent	$1,502	$1,248
Housing units	11,644	131,376
Homeownership rate	81.3%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoreview	St. Paul
Population	26,791 → 26,724 (-0.3%)	304,547 → 307,762 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$92,826 → $109,399 (+17.9%)	$57,876 → $73,055 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $365,100 (+32.4%)	$208,000 → $280,300 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,214 → $1,502 (+23.7%)	$968 → $1,248 (+28.9%)

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

St. Paul

Population

304,547307,762

Median household income

$57,876$73,055

Median home value

$208,000$280,300

Median gross rent

$968$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoreview	St. Paul
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.9%
75 and over	8.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoreview	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	50.6%
Black or African American	3.8%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	10.0%	17.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoreview	St. Paul
No high school diploma	2.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	11.6%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoreview	St. Paul
Drove alone	74.1%	59.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.0%
Public transit	1.3%	6.5%
Walked	1.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.7%	18.3%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoreview	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	58.8%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	20.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	15.8%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Shoreview	St. Paul
Poverty rate	5.5%	15.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1981	1952