Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin

Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. Established in 1927,^[3] the population was 1,732 at the 2000 census. It is a suburb of Madison and part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Shorewood Hills is located at (43.078562, -89.445332)^[4].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land.

The village is bounded on the east by the UW campus, on the south by University Avenue, on the west by Madison and on the north by Lake Mendota.^[5]

Demographics

At the 2000 census^[2], there were 1,732 people, 640 households and 504 families residing in the village. The population density 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% White, 1.44% African American, 0.12% Native American, 2.83% Asian, 1.62% from other races, and 2.02% from two or more races. Hispanic 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 married couples 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 median household income 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 per capita income for the village was $57,328. About 2.3% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, 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 Frank Lloyd Wright, and suggestive of hands held together in prayer, is in Shorewood Hills.

Shorewood Hills' Blackhawk Country Club has several well-preserved effigy mounds 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.^[6]

The Radiation Center, the first private medical center to treat cancer patients with a betatron, was opened by Dr. O. Arthur Stiennon^[7] in 1957^[8] in Doctors' Park at 2716 Marshall Court. In 1993, the facility was demolished and a Ronald McDonald House was erected on the site.^[9]

Education

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

Notable people

Speed skater, Eric Heiden, who won five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympics, was raised in Shorewood Hills, as was his sister, Beth Heiden, who won a bronze in speed skating in the 1980 winter games. The Heiden siblings also achieved success in bicycle racing. A skating rink in the village contains a recreational facility, the "Heiden Haus", named after the Heiden family.^[9]

References

External links

• Village of Shorewood Hills Government