Brown Deer vs Shorewood

A side-by-side comparison of Brown Deer and Shorewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shorewood has the higher population (13,682 vs 12,615 in Brown Deer). Brown Deer has the higher median household income ($91,567 vs $89,135 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($423,600 vs $221,100 in Brown Deer).

Population, income & housing

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
Population	12,615	13,682
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,567	$89,135
Median home value	$221,100	$423,600
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,291
Housing units	6,187	6,970
Homeownership rate	64.8%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
Population	11,965 → 12,615 (+5.4%)	13,290 → 13,682 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$63,884 → $91,567 (+43.3%)	$74,745 → $89,135 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$167,100 → $221,100 (+32.3%)	$338,400 → $423,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,132 (+16.3%)	$1,004 → $1,291 (+28.6%)

Brown Deer

Population

11,96512,615

Median household income

$63,884$91,567

Median home value

$167,100$221,100

Median gross rent

$973$1,132

Shorewood

Population

13,29013,682

Median household income

$74,745$89,135

Median home value

$338,400$423,600

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.2%
75 and over	5.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	80.8%
Black or African American	32.6%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	24.7%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
Drove alone	72.1%	59.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.6%	3.7%
Walked	0.2%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.8%
Worked from home	18.9%	21.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	57.4%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	10.4%
20 or more units	23.5%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brown Deer	Shorewood
Poverty rate	8.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1970	1938