Greendale vs Shorewood

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

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

Greendale has the higher population (14,656 vs 13,682 in Shorewood). Greendale has the higher median household income ($95,015 vs $89,135 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($423,600 vs $289,600 in Greendale).

Population, income & housing

	Greendale	Shorewood
Population	14,656	13,682
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,015	$89,135
Median home value	$289,600	$423,600
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,291
Housing units	6,073	6,970
Homeownership rate	68.8%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	78.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greendale	Shorewood
Population	14,176 → 14,656 (+3.4%)	13,290 → 13,682 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$71,786 → $95,015 (+32.4%)	$74,745 → $89,135 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$216,800 → $289,600 (+33.6%)	$338,400 → $423,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,177 (+23.2%)	$1,004 → $1,291 (+28.6%)

Greendale

Population

14,17614,656

Median household income

$71,786$95,015

Median home value

$216,800$289,600

Median gross rent

$955$1,177

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)

	Greendale	Shorewood
Under 5	6.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.2%
75 and over	12.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greendale	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	80.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greendale	Shorewood
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	19.2%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greendale	Shorewood
Drove alone	81.7%	59.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	3.7%
Walked	0.9%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	14.1%	21.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greendale	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	63.6%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	9.2%	24.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Greendale	Shorewood
Poverty rate	7.9%	13.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1967	1938