Plymouth vs Sheboygan

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

Plymouth 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 8,913 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($67,784 vs $62,953 in Sheboygan). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $165,200 in Sheboygan).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
Population	8,913	49,812
Median age	44.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,784	$62,953
Median home value	$194,900	$165,200
Median gross rent	$865	$874
Housing units	4,129	22,644
Homeownership rate	65.4%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
Population	8,590 → 8,913 (+3.8%)	48,327 → 49,812 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$53,650 → $67,784 (+26.3%)	$51,104 → $62,953 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$144,700 → $194,900 (+34.7%)	$114,500 → $165,200 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $865 (+22.3%)	$699 → $874 (+25.0%)

Plymouth

Population

8,5908,913

Median household income

$53,650$67,784

Median home value

$144,700$194,900

Median gross rent

$707$865

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)

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
Under 5	3.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.1%
75 and over	7.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	37.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
Drove alone	84.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
1-unit, detached	52.7%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	Sheboygan
Poverty rate	8.7%	12.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1970	1958