Shoreview vs White Bear Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Shoreview and White Bear Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Shoreview and White Bear Lake 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 24,026 in White Bear Lake). Shoreview has the higher median household income ($109,399 vs $79,712 in White Bear Lake). Shoreview has the higher median home value ($365,100 vs $318,000 in White Bear Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
Population	26,724	24,026
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,399	$79,712
Median home value	$365,100	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,502	$1,540
Housing units	11,644	10,937
Homeownership rate	81.3%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
Population	26,791 → 26,724 (-0.3%)	25,673 → 24,026 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$92,826 → $109,399 (+17.9%)	$71,709 → $79,712 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $365,100 (+32.4%)	$226,000 → $318,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,214 → $1,502 (+23.7%)	$1,134 → $1,540 (+35.8%)

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

White Bear Lake

Population

25,67324,026

Median household income

$71,709$79,712

Median home value

$226,000$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.8%
75 and over	8.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	81.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	11.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
Drove alone	74.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.7%	18.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
1-unit, detached	58.8%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	20.4%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	15.8%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shoreview	White Bear Lake
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1981	1970