[6] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,566 people, 570 households, and 366 families residing in the city.

15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Residents of La Porte ISD (and therefore Shoreacres) are zoned to San Jacinto College.

The city provides police, recycling, parks, planning, zoning, floodplain management, and building code inspections among its services.

The city provides fire, sanitation, and emergency medical services by contract.

[14] On September 13, Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston,[15] with 88 percent of the homes in Shoreacres suffering flood damage.