Shorewood vs South Milwaukee

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

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

South Milwaukee has the higher population (20,547 vs 13,682 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($89,135 vs $70,146 in South Milwaukee). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($423,600 vs $216,400 in South Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
Population	13,682	20,547
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,135	$70,146
Median home value	$423,600	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,291	$1,014
Housing units	6,970	9,150
Homeownership rate	47.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
Population	13,290 → 13,682 (+2.9%)	20,957 → 20,547 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$74,745 → $89,135 (+19.3%)	$52,678 → $70,146 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$338,400 → $423,600 (+25.2%)	$162,000 → $216,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,291 (+28.6%)	$838 → $1,014 (+21.0%)

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

South Milwaukee

Population

20,95720,547

Median household income

$52,678$70,146

Median home value

$162,000$216,400

Median gross rent

$838$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	6.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
No high school diploma	1.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	7.5%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	42.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
Drove alone	59.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.4%
Public transit	3.7%	1.0%
Walked	8.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.3%	11.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	37.5%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	24.7%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Shorewood	South Milwaukee
Poverty rate	13.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1938	1957