Cudahy vs Shorewood

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

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

Cudahy has the higher population (17,964 vs 13,682 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($89,135 vs $66,717 in Cudahy). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($423,600 vs $201,000 in Cudahy).

Population, income & housing

	Cudahy	Shorewood
Population	17,964	13,682
Median age	42.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,717	$89,135
Median home value	$201,000	$423,600
Median gross rent	$977	$1,291
Housing units	8,866	6,970
Homeownership rate	62.2%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cudahy	Shorewood
Population	18,271 → 17,964 (-1.7%)	13,290 → 13,682 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$56,795 → $66,717 (+17.5%)	$74,745 → $89,135 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $201,000 (+31.5%)	$338,400 → $423,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $977 (+19.9%)	$1,004 → $1,291 (+28.6%)

Cudahy

Population

18,27117,964

Median household income

$56,795$66,717

Median home value

$152,900$201,000

Median gross rent

$815$977

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)

	Cudahy	Shorewood
Under 5	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.2%
75 and over	8.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cudahy	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	80.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cudahy	Shorewood
No high school diploma	6.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cudahy	Shorewood
Drove alone	75.5%	59.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.6%
Public transit	3.3%	3.7%
Walked	2.2%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.8%
Worked from home	9.7%	21.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cudahy	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	52.1%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	7.3%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cudahy	Shorewood
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1961	1938