Fond du Lac County vs Sheboygan County

A side-by-side comparison of Fond du Lac County and Sheboygan County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fond du Lac County and Sheboygan County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sheboygan County has the higher population (117,783 vs 104,053 in Fond du Lac County). Fond du Lac County has the higher median household income ($73,154 vs $71,898 in Sheboygan County). Sheboygan County has the higher median home value ($218,400 vs $209,800 in Fond du Lac County).

Population, income & housing

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
Population	104,053	117,783
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,154	$71,898
Median home value	$209,800	$218,400
Median gross rent	$926	$889
Housing units	45,908	52,549
Homeownership rate	70.3%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
Population	102,597 → 104,053 (+1.4%)	115,178 → 117,783 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$62,391 → $73,154 (+17.3%)	$60,696 → $71,898 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $209,800 (+33.0%)	$159,700 → $218,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $926 (+24.0%)	$727 → $889 (+22.3%)

Fond du Lac County

Population

102,597104,053

Median household income

$62,391$73,154

Median home value

$157,800$209,800

Median gross rent

$747$926

Sheboygan County

Population

115,178117,783

Median household income

$60,696$71,898

Median home value

$159,700$218,400

Median gross rent

$727$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	7.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	81.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	37.3%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
Drove alone	79.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	8.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Fond du Lac County	Sheboygan County
Poverty rate	8.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1971	1969