Cross Plains vs Shorewood Hills

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

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

Cross Plains has the higher population (4,059 vs 2,067 in Shorewood Hills). Shorewood Hills has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $103,389 in Cross Plains). Shorewood Hills has the higher median home value ($913,200 vs $347,400 in Cross Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
Population	4,059	2,067
Median age	37.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,389	$129,688
Median home value	$347,400	$913,200
Median gross rent	$1,371	$1,850
Housing units	1,615	931
Homeownership rate	69.0%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	92.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
Population	4,187 → 4,059 (-3.1%)	2,277 → 2,067 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$84,861 → $103,389 (+21.8%)	$123,200 → $129,688 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$276,300 → $347,400 (+25.7%)	$665,300 → $913,200 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,019 → $1,371 (+34.5%)	$1,709 → $1,850 (+8.3%)

Cross Plains

Population

4,1874,059

Median household income

$84,861$103,389

Median home value

$276,300$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,371

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)

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
Under 5	4.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	25.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.3%
75 and over	4.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
No high school diploma	1.8%	0.9%
High school graduate	22.0%	0.9%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	59.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
Drove alone	74.7%	39.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	10.7%
Walked	3.3%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.2%
Worked from home	16.3%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
1-unit, detached	66.5%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	9.2%	38.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Shorewood Hills
Poverty rate	1.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1985	1982