Sister Bay vs Sturgeon Bay

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

Sister Bay 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 1,016 in Sister Bay). Sister Bay has the higher median household income ($57,679 vs $56,882 in Sturgeon Bay). Sister Bay has the higher median home value ($328,700 vs $217,600 in Sturgeon Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
Population	1,016	9,702
Median age	54.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$56,882
Median home value	$328,700	$217,600
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,011
Housing units	1,415	5,686
Homeownership rate	46.8%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
Population	740 → 1,016 (+37.3%)	8,885 → 9,702 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$41,364 → $57,679 (+39.4%)	$57,673 → $56,882 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$264,200 → $328,700 (+24.4%)	$147,000 → $217,600 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,018 (+13.2%)	$790 → $1,011 (+28.0%)

Sister Bay

Population

7401,016

Median household income

$41,364$57,679

Median home value

$264,200$328,700

Median gross rent

$899$1,018

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)

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
Under 5	9.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	20.7%	16.5%
75 and over	21.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
No high school diploma	0.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
Drove alone	69.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	8.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	17.2%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
1-unit, detached	34.8%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	27.8%	14.3%
20 or more units	11.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Sister Bay	Sturgeon Bay
Poverty rate	25.1%	10.1%
Average household size	1.76	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1993	1977