Sheboygan vs Sheboygan Falls

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

Sheboygan and Sheboygan Falls 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 8,190 in Sheboygan Falls). Sheboygan Falls has the higher median household income ($68,264 vs $62,953 in Sheboygan). Sheboygan Falls has the higher median home value ($205,400 vs $165,200 in Sheboygan).

Population, income & housing

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
Population	49,812	8,190
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,953	$68,264
Median home value	$165,200	$205,400
Median gross rent	$874	$861
Housing units	22,644	3,870
Homeownership rate	60.3%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
Population	48,327 → 49,812 (+3.1%)	7,893 → 8,190 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$51,104 → $62,953 (+23.2%)	$57,552 → $68,264 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $165,200 (+44.3%)	$146,900 → $205,400 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $874 (+25.0%)	$764 → $861 (+12.7%)

Sheboygan

Population

48,32749,812

Median household income

$51,104$62,953

Median home value

$114,500$165,200

Median gross rent

$699$874

Sheboygan Falls

Population

7,8938,190

Median household income

$57,552$68,264

Median home value

$146,900$205,400

Median gross rent

$764$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
Under 5	6.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.8%
75 and over	6.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	12.2%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	34.6%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
Drove alone	77.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	11.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
1-unit, detached	57.8%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	8.4%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Sheboygan	Sheboygan Falls
Poverty rate	12.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1958	1982