Shoreline

Population & Demographics

Shoreline, WA

Shoreline is home to 61,431 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 29,637 resident workers commute each day.

WashingtonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
61,431
people
Population

61,431 residents

Median age 42.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Shoreline population & demographics

Who lives in Shoreline — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
61,431
Median age
42.9yrs
Median household income
$112,751
Median home value
$811,100
Median gross rent
$1,985/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
52.8%
Poverty rate
8.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Shoreline

How Shoreline breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White61.6%
Asian14.4%
Hispanic or Latino8.7%
Two or more races7.7%
Black6.6%
Some other race0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Shoreline

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Shoreline.

Shoreline at a glance
Employed Residents
29,637
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
25.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Seattle
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Shoreline proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Shoreline commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

51 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Shoreline

29,637 commutes, one dot at a time

Shoreline

Where 29,637 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Shoreline, by worker count.

1Seattle9.1 mi13,841
2Shoreline0.0 mi2,166
3Bellevue14.0 mi1,819
4Everett15.6 mi1,244
5Redmond11.7 mi1,010
6Lynnwood5.2 mi859
7Kirkland7.8 mi809
8Edmonds3.6 mi715

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Shoreline.

1Seattle9.1 mi3,185
2Shoreline0.0 mi2,166
3Everett15.6 mi656
4Edmonds3.6 mi611
5Lynnwood5.2 mi453
6Mountlake Terrace2.9 mi380
7Marysville23.6 mi321
8Lake Forest Park2.5 mi306

Top industries

The sectors that employ Shoreline’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.7%
RTRetail Trade17.7%
EDEducational Services15.5%
PAPublic Administration11.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.7%
COConstruction3.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.3%
Connectivity

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