Glendale vs Shorewood

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

Glendale 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 13,134 in Glendale). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($89,135 vs $77,096 in Glendale). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($423,600 vs $260,300 in Glendale).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale	Shorewood
Population	13,134	13,682
Median age	44.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,096	$89,135
Median home value	$260,300	$423,600
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,291
Housing units	6,085	6,970
Homeownership rate	69.3%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.2%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale	Shorewood
Population	12,943 → 13,134 (+1.5%)	13,290 → 13,682 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$77,584 → $77,096 (-0.6%)	$74,745 → $89,135 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$220,900 → $260,300 (+17.8%)	$338,400 → $423,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,354 (+26.0%)	$1,004 → $1,291 (+28.6%)

Glendale

Population

12,94313,134

Median household income

$77,584$77,096

Median home value

$220,900$260,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,354

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)

	Glendale	Shorewood
Under 5	4.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	10.2%
75 and over	10.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	80.8%
Black or African American	15.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale	Shorewood
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	12.3%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale	Shorewood
Drove alone	68.1%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.6%
Public transit	2.4%	3.7%
Walked	0.7%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.8%
Worked from home	22.1%	21.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	60.5%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	25.8%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Glendale	Shorewood
Poverty rate	11.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1965	1938