Deerfield vs Shorewood Hills

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

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

Deerfield has the higher population (2,489 vs 2,067 in Shorewood Hills). Shorewood Hills has the higher median household income ($129,688 vs $88,424 in Deerfield). Shorewood Hills has the higher median home value ($913,200 vs $292,500 in Deerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
Population	2,489	2,067
Median age	33.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,424	$129,688
Median home value	$292,500	$913,200
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,850
Housing units	994	931
Homeownership rate	80.4%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	92.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
Population	2,538 → 2,489 (-1.9%)	2,277 → 2,067 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$73,015 → $88,424 (+21.1%)	$123,200 → $129,688 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$205,300 → $292,500 (+42.5%)	$665,300 → $913,200 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,043 (+23.3%)	$1,709 → $1,850 (+8.3%)

Deerfield

Population

2,5382,489

Median household income

$73,015$88,424

Median home value

$205,300$292,500

Median gross rent

$846$1,043

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)

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
Under 5	11.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	11.3%
75 and over	5.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.9%
High school graduate	23.6%	0.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	59.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
Drove alone	76.4%	39.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	10.7%
Walked	0.0%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.2%
Worked from home	12.0%	21.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
1-unit, detached	72.0%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	38.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Shorewood Hills
Poverty rate	3.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1986	1982