Black Earth vs Shorewood Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Black Earth and Shorewood Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Black Earth and Shorewood Hills are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shorewood Hills has the higher population (2,067 vs 1,724 in Black Earth). Shorewood Hills has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $72,667 in Black Earth). Shorewood Hills has the higher median home value ($913,200 vs $268,500 in Black Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
Population	1,724	2,067
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,667	$129,688
Median home value	$268,500	$913,200
Median gross rent	$867	$1,850
Housing units	695	931
Homeownership rate	89.5%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	92.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
Population	1,418 → 1,724 (+21.6%)	2,277 → 2,067 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$64,539 → $72,667 (+12.6%)	$123,200 → $129,688 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$197,400 → $268,500 (+36.0%)	$665,300 → $913,200 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $867 (+14.2%)	$1,709 → $1,850 (+8.3%)

Black Earth

Population

1,4181,724

Median household income

$64,539$72,667

Median home value

$197,400$268,500

Median gross rent

$759$867

Shorewood Hills

Population

2,2772,067

Median household income

$123,200$129,688

Median home value

$665,300$913,200

Median gross rent

$1,709$1,850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
Under 5	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	18.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	25.5%	11.3%
75 and over	7.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	44.2%	0.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	59.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
Drove alone	71.5%	39.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	10.7%
Walked	2.2%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	9.2%
Worked from home	19.0%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
1-unit, detached	80.1%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	38.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Black Earth	Shorewood Hills
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1976	1982