Photo: Aaron Fulkerson (AaronRoe at English Wikipedia) · CC BY 2.5Household incomes in Shoreview top those of 83% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 5.6% of residents (Minnesota 9.3%). For jobs and income Shoreview is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (A−). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.2 in Minneapolis.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Shoreview: the figures worth knowing
Income, poverty and work: Shoreview’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Shoreview’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Shoreview could be anywhere from A− to A+.
19% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Shoreview clocks in
19% of workers
13% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily commute in and out of Shoreview
On a workday 11,433 residents head out to work, 683 work right here, and 9,489 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
71% of the jobs in Shoreview pay over $3,333 a month
10,172 jobs are based in Shoreview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shoreview, 2013 → 2023: 8,401 → 10,172. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shoreview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Shoreview: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shoreview workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,341 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Shoreview to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Shoreview is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,024 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 59% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Shoreview households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Shoreview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,477 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 36,000, Shoreview comes 324th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Prior Lake MN | 28,140 | $134K | 3.1% | 1.5% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Otsego MN | 24,525 | $120K | 3.5% | 1.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Andover MN | 33,874 | $138K | 3.3% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Darien CT | 22,583 | $250K | 5.8% | 5.1% | 13% | A |
| 323 | Lake Township OH | 30,523 | $101K | 5.2% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 324 | Shoreview MN | 26,906 | $108K | 5.6% | 4.3% | 6% | A |
| 325 | Cottonwood Heights UT | 32,265 | $119K | 7.6% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 326 | Caledonia WI | 25,229 | $93K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Shoreview, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Around Shoreview: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Roseville (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shoreview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreview | – | A | A− | 22 min | $108,370 |
| North Oaks | under 3% | A | B | 26 min | $231,742 |
| Arden Hills | 4% | A | A− | 17 min | $134,118 |
| Vadnais Heights | under 3% | A | B− | 23 min | $98,685 |
| Roseville | 5% | B+ | A | 21 min | $86,930 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shoreview’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Shoreview: questions
What is the median household income in Shoreview?
$108,370 (±$3,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shoreview?
5.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shoreview?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shoreview work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (19%, 10 mi), St. Paul (13%, 9 mi), Roseville (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shoreview walkable?
Shoreview is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shoreview without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shoreview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shoreview
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.