Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety26#11,558/15,637
Economy78#3,515/15,631
Housing54#6,877/14,977
Health75#3,956/15,609
Healthcare96#647/15,650
Environment92#1,167/15,453
Education67#5,165/15,649
Infrastructure99#92/15,650
Community90#1,566/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,231/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Shoreview, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ramsey County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Access to exercise opportunities · high99.9%
100/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
High school diploma or higher · high97.1%
98/100Minnesota 93.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
97/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Physical inactivity · low14.2%
97/100Minnesota 24.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
96/100Minnesota 32 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRamsey County value
Traffic deaths · low5.0 /100k
95/100Minnesota 7.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataRamsey County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high48.1%
1/100Minnesota 29.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Property crime rate · high2,658 /100k
3/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRamsey County value
Drug overdose deaths · high29.3 /100k
10/100Minnesota 15.7 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRamsey County value
Job growth · low-2.0%
13/100Minnesota -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataRamsey County value
Reading scores · low2.79
16/100Minnesota 3.12United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRamsey County value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.5%
16/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRamsey County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
89.4% (2015-2019) → 95.9% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
46.3% (2015-2019) → 51.6% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
56.2% (2015-2019) → 61.2% (2020-2024)
+5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.0× (2015-2019) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$92,826 (2015-2019) → $108,370 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedImproving
10.3 /1k (2021) → 11.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+13%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Shoreview, Minnesota improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Commute−2.9 min25.0 min → 22.2 min
Bachelor's++5 points56.2% → 61.2%
Broadband+6.5 points89.4% → 95.9%
Household income+17%$92,826 → $108,370

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×3.0× → 3.5×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Shoreview, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	−2.9 min	Improved	78%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%2015-2019	61.2%2020-2024	+5 points	Improved	67%
Broadband subscriptions	89.4%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Improved	41%
Child poverty rate	4.1%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Effective property tax rate	1.26%2015-2019	1.13%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	97.9%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	43%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4122015-2019	0.4392020-2024	+0.027	Within the margin of error	29%
Median household income	$92,8262015-2019	$108,3702020-2024	+17%	Improved	27%
Poverty rate	4.0%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	1.7%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	30.4%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent-burdened households	46.3%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Unemployment rate	3.2%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	1.9%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Shoreview, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Shoreview, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Shoreview, Minnesota itself moved −3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

26,714 residents (±100)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+2.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

26,714 residents (±100)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White76%20,286
Black3.8%†1,018
Hispanic or Latino4.2%†1,132
Asian11%2,891
American Indian and Alaska Native0.5%†121
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†11
Other or two or more races4.7%1,255

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−7.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

19,105 residents (±432)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma2.9%†562
High school or GED12%2,240
Some college15%2,930
Associate degree8.8%1,679
Bachelor's degree34%6,586
Graduate degree27%5,108

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+4.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

11,340 households (±360)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k5.4%†611
$25k–50k13%1,483
$50k–75k14%1,531
$75k–100k13%1,471
$100k–150k22%2,502
$150k–200k13%1,481
$200k or more20%2,261

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+7.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

11,340 households (±360)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own80%9,094
Rent20%2,246

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,215 households (±286)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $7506.1%†136
$750–1,0001.5%†34
$1,000–1,50034%†756

Home values

9,094 homes (±455)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k4.4%†397
$150k–250k12%1,130
$250k–400k38%3,441

Age of homes

11,580 homes (±373)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later7.2%837
2000–20096.4%739
1980–199938%4,386

Size of homes

11,580 homes (±373)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio1.5%†172
1 bedroom8.1%938
2 bedrooms29%3,328

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

13,024 workers (±508)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone70%9,174
Carpool6.1%799
Public transit1.2%†153
Walk1.1%†137
Bike0.1%†12
Work from home21%2,683
Other0.5%†66

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+15.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

10,341 workers (±599)

Shoreview, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min25%2,553
15–29 min48%4,958
30–44 min20%2,078

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Ramsey County, the county holding most of Shoreview's residents.

Ramsey County has 13,677 employer establishments, 254 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Minnesota's), with 294,664 paid employees at an average annual pay of $69,190. The Census Bureau also counts 44,470 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,677; 44,470 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 254; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 294,664
Average annual pay: $69,190; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ramsey County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,191	22.1	1.06×About typical	24,509	$70,642	2,029
Restaurants and other eating places	959	17.8	0.97×About typical	18,667	$24,969	158
Lessors of real estate	721	13.4	1.09×About typical	4,338	$57,609	3,472
Specialty trade contractors	578	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	8,880	$92,895	1,906
Individual and family services	459	8.5	3.05×More than typical	11,578	$35,372	338
Offices of other health practitioners	446	8.3	1.37×More than typical	1,989	$51,350	1,149
Limited-service restaurants	427	7.9	0.99×About typical	8,081	$22,131	79
Full-service restaurants	399	7.4	0.97×About typical	8,710	$29,189	47
Management, scientific and technical consulting	361	6.7	1.00×About typical	1,831	$92,308	2,206
Religious organizations	313	5.8	1.05×About typical	3,515	$32,741	—
Legal services	298	5.5	1.03×About typical	1,569	$86,286	487
Personal care services	277	5.2	1.08×About typical	1,486	$29,524	1,360

Rank places for an industry Open Ramsey County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 537,716 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.1M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Shoreview, Minnesota: $117 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.1M; −8.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $117; US $1,994
Sole-source: 60%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$1.6M51%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$749.7K24%
Defense Logistics Agency$286.6K9.2%
Department of the Army$195.3K6.2%
National Institutes of Health$85.5K2.7%
Food Safety and Inspection Service$71.1K2.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$52.2K1.7%
Food and Drug Administration$29K0.9%

Top recipients

TSI INCORPORATED$2.2M70%
CHENEGA BASE & LOGISTICS SERVICES LLC$1.8M57%
ASTER LABS, INC.$734.1K23%
REMI COMPANIES LLC$109.2K3.5%
PIKA-ARCADIS JV LLC$52.3K1.7%

Spending by fiscal year

7.2MFY2017
8.8MFY2018
8.1MFY2019
16.8MFY2020
8.6MFY2021
6.7MFY2022
3.8MFY2023
6.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$2M64%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$734.1K23%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$125.4K4.0%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$109.2K3.5%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$52.3K1.7%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Shoreview, Minnesota

OPTIMIZATION REVIEW OF RAO/LTM (BASE)$11.9M
PIKA-ARCADIS JV LLC· Ramsey County, MN· Facilities & utilities· Mar 17, 2017 – May 12, 2026· 0010
PREVENTATIVE AND CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE 88TH RD NORTH PLAINS REGION.$10.1M
CHENEGA TRI-SERVICES, LLC· Ramsey County, MN· Equipment maintenance· Sep 30, 2020 – May 26, 2026· W912DY20C0072
THE 88TH READINESS DIVISION (RD) HAS A NEED FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (PM) AND CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE (CM) SERVICES.$2.2M
CHENEGA BASE & LOGISTICS SERVICES LLC· Ramsey County, MN· Construction & real property· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· W912DY26CA013

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Shoreview, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Shoreview, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Ramsey County, MN ($76.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 4.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Shoreview is mostly in Ramsey County.

See federal money in Ramsey County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Shoreview, Minnesota is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Ramsey County81100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI93

Other cities and towns in Ramsey County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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