Forestville vs Sturgeon Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Forestville and Sturgeon Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Forestville and Sturgeon Bay are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sturgeon Bay has the higher population (9,702 vs 576 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $56,882 in Sturgeon Bay). Sturgeon Bay has the higher median home value ($217,600 vs $152,700 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
Population	576	9,702
Median age	48.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$56,882
Median home value	$152,700	$217,600
Median gross rent	$676	$1,011
Housing units	258	5,686
Homeownership rate	81.5%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
Population	477 → 576 (+20.8%)	8,885 → 9,702 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $78,125 (+60.3%)	$57,673 → $56,882 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $152,700 (+27.6%)	$147,000 → $217,600 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $676 (+12.7%)	$790 → $1,011 (+28.0%)

Forestville

Population

477576

Median household income

$48,750$78,125

Median home value

$119,700$152,700

Median gross rent

$600$676

Sturgeon Bay

Population

8,8859,702

Median household income

$57,673$56,882

Median home value

$147,000$217,600

Median gross rent

$790$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
Under 5	2.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	16.5%
75 and over	12.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	47.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
Drove alone	79.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	5.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.4%	10.3%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
1-unit, detached	81.0%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	14.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Sturgeon Bay
Poverty rate	5.9%	10.1%
Average household size	2.37	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1974	1977