Shorewood vs St. Francis

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

Shorewood and St. Francis 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 9,318 in St. Francis). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($89,135 vs $58,490 in St. Francis). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($423,600 vs $207,200 in St. Francis).

Population, income & housing

	Shorewood	St. Francis
Population	13,682	9,318
Median age	38.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,135	$58,490
Median home value	$423,600	$207,200
Median gross rent	$1,291	$893
Housing units	6,970	5,279
Homeownership rate	47.7%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.5%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shorewood	St. Francis
Population	13,290 → 13,682 (+2.9%)	9,549 → 9,318 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$74,745 → $89,135 (+19.3%)	$44,426 → $58,490 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$338,400 → $423,600 (+25.2%)	$152,000 → $207,200 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,291 (+28.6%)	$751 → $893 (+18.9%)

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

St. Francis

Population

9,5499,318

Median household income

$44,426$58,490

Median home value

$152,000$207,200

Median gross rent

$751$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shorewood	St. Francis
Under 5	6.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	7.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	24.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.8%
75 and over	6.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shorewood	St. Francis
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	78.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	6.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shorewood	St. Francis
No high school diploma	1.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	7.5%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	42.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shorewood	St. Francis
Drove alone	59.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.8%
Public transit	3.7%	1.1%
Walked	8.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	17.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shorewood	St. Francis
1-unit, detached	37.5%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	24.7%	29.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Shorewood	St. Francis
Poverty rate	13.4%	15.0%
Average household size	2.04	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1938	1959