Shorewood Hills is a village in

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, United States. It was established in 1927. The population was 2,169 at the 2020 census. Entirely surrounded by the city of Madison and

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, it is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Shorewood Hills is located at (43.078562, -89.445332). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all of it land. The village is bounded on the east by the

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campus, on the south by University Avenue, on the west by the Indian Hills neighborhood of Madison and on the north by

City Services

Shorewood Hills is served by the Shorewood Hills Police Department. Prior to 2013, the Shorewood Hills Fire Department provided fire and emergency medical services to the village. Starting in October 2013, a contract with the city of Madison was established, in which the Madison Fire Department began providing these services to the village of Shorewood Hills.

Transportation

Shorewood Hills main

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is University Avenue which connects Shorewood Hills to Downtown Madison to the east and the rest of the west side of Madison as well as Middleton to the west. Shorewood Hills is well served by Metro Transit via routes A, C, F, J, R, 28, 38 and 65. Shorewood Hills is served by the Shorewood Bus Rapid Transit station on the A and F routes. The nearest commercial airport is

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. Shorewood Hills is connected to Madison's extensive bike path network. The Wisconsin & Southern railroad passes through the village via the Prairie Subdivision.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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of 2020, there were 2,277 people, 950 households, and 625 families living in the village. The

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was . There were 660 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 76.3%

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, 2.4%

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, 0.3% Native American, 10.7% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 9.5% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.1% of the population. 11.2% of the population were born outside of the United States . The median family income is $123,200 (mean of $206,570). 65.4% of village residents possess a graduate or professional degree and 90% have attained a bachelor's degree. This ranks the village 6th in the US in the "Average Education Index" (

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) among all cities with a population over 1,000, ahead of Stanford, CA and Chevy Chase, MD. There were 950 households, of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were

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living together, 22.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.5% had a male householder with no wife present. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.95. The median age in the village was 40.3 years. 22.0% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.3% were from 25 to 44; 27.8% were from 45 to 64; and 18.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 49.5% male and 51.5% female.

2010 census

As of the

of 2010, there were 1,565 people, 620 households, and 478 families living in the village. The

was . There were 660 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 91.2%

, 1.0%

, 0.1% Native American, 5.2% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 3.8% of the population. There were 620 households, of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were

living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 22.9% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.90. The median age in the village was 48.4 years. 25.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.1% were from 25 to 44; 35.4% were from 45 to 64; and 19.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

2000 census

At the 2000

, there were 1,732 people, 640 households and 504 families living in the village. The

was 2,139.8 per square mile (825.6/km²). There were 664 housing units at an average density of 820.3 per square mile (316.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.97%

, 1.44%

, 0.12% Native American, 2.83% Asian, 1.62% from other races, and 2.02% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 3.18% of the population. There were 640 households, of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.8% were

living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.94. Age distribution was 26.5% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 16.7% from 25 to 44, 36.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males. The

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was $122,879, and the median family income was $131,265. Males had a median income of $93,506 versus $51,667 for females. The

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for the village was $57,328. About 2.3% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the

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, including 4.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Points of interest

The First Unitarian Society Meeting House, designed by

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, and suggestive of hands held together in prayer, is in Shorewood Hills. Shorewood Hills' Blackhawk Country Club has several well-preserved

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s on its golf greens, including several linear mounds, as well as a bear-shaped mound and a large goose-shaped mound. These mounds are believed to have been built by Mound Building people between 500 and 1500 AD. The Radiation Center, the first private medical center to treat cancer patients with a

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, was opened by Dr. O. Arthur Stiennon in 1957 in Doctors' Park at 2716 Marshall Court. In 1993, the facility was demolished and a

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was erected on the site.Village Heritage
Village of Shorewood Hills.

Education

Shorewood Hills Elementary School (SHES), located near the center of the village, serves students from

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through fifth grade, with an enrollment of approximately 500. It has three playgrounds, after-school programs, and a recreation program. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan School District.

Politics

Shorewood Hills is governed by a Board of Trustees, composed of six Trustees, a Treasurer, and a President. In 2025, incumbent village President John Imes narrowly defeated former village trustee Rocky van Asten.

Notable people

* Thomas D. Brock, discoverer of thermophilic bacteria that led to the development of

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(PCR). * Suzy Favor Hamilton, middle-distance runner. *

Eric Heiden Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) is an American physician and a former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. He won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at th ...

and

Beth Heiden Elizabeth Lee Heiden Reid (born September 27, 1959) is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing, and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. She was a speedskating bronze medalist at the 1980 Lake Placi ...

, who won medals for

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at the

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. The Heiden siblings also achieved success in

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. They were raised in Shorewood Hills and the skating rink in the village contains a recreational facility, the "Heiden Haus", named after the Heiden family. *

Howard Temin Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was an American geneticist and virologist. He discovered reverse transcriptase in the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, for which he shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Phys ...

, discovered

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for which he shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

References

External links

Village of Shorewood Hills Government
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