City safety & data profile
SheboyganWI
Sheboygan, WI is a 49K-resident city in Sheboygan County with a median household income of $62,927.
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sheboygan, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sheboygan has a population larger than 78% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $174,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 49K
- Population (place)
- Top 22%
- By size
- $62,927
- Median income (place)
- $174,200
- Median home (place)
- 12.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Sheboygan
Sheboygan posts a median household income higher than 27% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Sheboygan area.
- Bottom 28%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Sheboygan
Composite score · Sheboygan, WI
38/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Sheboygan in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Sheboygan income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$62,927 Bottom 27% higher than 27% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
WI cities ranked by population
85 WI places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
563,531 residents
- Madison
Madison, WI
280,305 residents
- Green Bay 105,207
Green Bay, WI
105,207 residents
- Kenosha 99,858
Kenosha, WI
99,858 residents
- Racine 77,742
Racine, WI
77,742 residents
- Appleton 74,139
Appleton, WI
74,139 residents
- Waukesha 71,970
Waukesha, WI
71,970 residents
- Eau Claire 67,778
Eau Claire, WI
67,778 residents
- Oshkosh 66,555
Oshkosh, WI
66,555 residents
- Janesville 64,123
Janesville, WI
64,123 residents
What this shows Milwaukee tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Whitefish Bay instead.
Income ranking: WI
Median household income across 85 tracked WI places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Whitefish Bay
Whitefish Bay, WI
$157,109 median
- Mequon
Mequon, WI
$144,051 median
- Richfield
Richfield, WI
$143,963 median
- Brookfield
Brookfield, WI
$129,548 median
- Waunakee
Waunakee, WI
$125,220 median
- Verona
Verona, WI
$119,606 median
- Sussex
Sussex, WI
$119,041 median
- Suamico
Suamico, WI
$118,337 median
- Muskego
Muskego, WI
$112,221 median
- Franklin
Franklin, WI
$106,894 median
What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Sheboygan, WI beyond the headline numbers
Sheboygan sits inside Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at roughly 43.75°N, -87.71°W. Population 48,797, $62,927 median household income. Median home value $174,200, median rent $924. Poverty rate 12.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Sheboygan, 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 47.6°F annual average, 34.8" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.7% in Sheboygan, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Sheboygan's labor market runs tight: 2.7% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
A typical renter in Sheboygan, WI pays $924/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Sheboygan runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
23.4% of Sheboygan adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 8.8% of Sheboygan workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Poverty in Sheboygan, WI stands at 12.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sheboygan from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Sheboygan County): Sheboygan's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
The clearest outlier in Sheboygan's numbers is median rent: $924/mo, which is 40% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income runs 30% below average too, at $62,927.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 12.3% |
| Unemployment | 2.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 23.4% |
| Work From Home | 8.8% |
| Public Transit | 0.5% |
By the Numbers
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Healthcare 2 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20246.0% below national average
Metro area: Sheboygan, WI (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $221K across 8 flood insurance claims filed in Sheboygan County.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Sheboygan?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sheboygan right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WI-SHEBOYGAN · Sheboygan
Sheboygan: 13 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-ACTIVE 13 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria
Tagged alert mix: Sheboygan
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
13
What this shows 13 tagged notices on record for Sheboygan.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sheboygan; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology
Similar alert activity elsewhere 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (13 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sheboygan, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (12.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($62,927 here).
Compare Sheboygan with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
What to do with Sheboygan's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sheboygan area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Sheboygan against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sheboygan County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.