Oostburg vs Sheboygan

A side-by-side comparison of Oostburg and Sheboygan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sheboygan has the higher population (49,812 vs 3,077 in Oostburg). Oostburg has the higher median household income ($87,276 vs $62,953 in Sheboygan). Oostburg has the higher median home value ($230,400 vs $165,200 in Sheboygan).

Population, income & housing

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
Population	3,077	49,812
Median age	44.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,276	$62,953
Median home value	$230,400	$165,200
Median gross rent	$931	$874
Housing units	1,253	22,644
Homeownership rate	84.5%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
Population	2,990 → 3,077 (+2.9%)	48,327 → 49,812 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $87,276 (+42.5%)	$51,104 → $62,953 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $230,400 (+50.3%)	$114,500 → $165,200 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $931 (+25.0%)	$699 → $874 (+25.0%)

Oostburg

Population

2,9903,077

Median household income

$61,250$87,276

Median home value

$153,300$230,400

Median gross rent

$745$931

Sheboygan

Population

48,32749,812

Median household income

$51,104$62,953

Median home value

$114,500$165,200

Median gross rent

$699$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
Under 5	5.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.1%
75 and over	9.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
No high school diploma	3.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
Drove alone	81.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	5.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
1-unit, detached	66.7%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	10.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Oostburg	Sheboygan
Poverty rate	5.1%	12.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1981	1958