Shoreview vs Vadnais Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Shoreview and Vadnais Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Shoreview and Vadnais Heights 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 12,789 in Vadnais Heights). Shoreview has the higher median household income ($109,399 vs $91,946 in Vadnais Heights). Shoreview has the higher median home value ($365,100 vs $334,500 in Vadnais Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
Population	26,724	12,789
Median age	44.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,399	$91,946
Median home value	$365,100	$334,500
Median gross rent	$1,502	$1,342
Housing units	11,644	5,658
Homeownership rate	81.3%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
Population	26,791 → 26,724 (-0.3%)	13,444 → 12,789 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$92,826 → $109,399 (+17.9%)	$77,413 → $91,946 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $365,100 (+32.4%)	$242,500 → $334,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,214 → $1,502 (+23.7%)	$1,104 → $1,342 (+21.6%)

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

Vadnais Heights

Population

13,44412,789

Median household income

$77,413$91,946

Median home value

$242,500$334,500

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.6%
75 and over	8.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	72.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	10.0%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
No high school diploma	2.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	11.6%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
Drove alone	74.1%	73.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.1%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
1-unit, detached	58.8%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	20.4%	24.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	15.8%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Shoreview	Vadnais Heights
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1981	1985