Cambridge vs Shorewood Hills

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

Cambridge 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 1,507 in Cambridge). Shorewood Hills has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $93,424 in Cambridge). Shorewood Hills has the higher median home value ($913,200 vs $280,000 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
Population	1,507	2,067
Median age	44.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,424	$129,688
Median home value	$280,000	$913,200
Median gross rent	$1,120	$1,850
Housing units	666	931
Homeownership rate	75.1%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	92.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
Population	1,332 → 1,507 (+13.1%)	2,277 → 2,067 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$79,821 → $93,424 (+17.0%)	$123,200 → $129,688 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$208,300 → $280,000 (+34.4%)	$665,300 → $913,200 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,120 (+26.4%)	$1,709 → $1,850 (+8.3%)

Cambridge

Population

1,3321,507

Median household income

$79,821$93,424

Median home value

$208,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$886$1,120

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)

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.3%
75 and over	6.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	24.6%	0.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	59.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
Drove alone	80.8%	39.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	1.3%
Public transit	0.2%	10.7%
Walked	2.5%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	21.8%
Other means	0.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
1-unit, detached	59.9%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	4.1%	38.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Shorewood Hills
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1989	1982