Sheboygan County vs Walworth County

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

Sheboygan County and Walworth 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 105,447 in Walworth County). Walworth County has the higher median household income ($77,359 vs $71,898 in Sheboygan County). Walworth County has the higher median home value ($275,900 vs $218,400 in Sheboygan County).

Population, income & housing

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
Population	117,783	105,447
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,898	$77,359
Median home value	$218,400	$275,900
Median gross rent	$889	$1,090
Housing units	52,549	53,508
Homeownership rate	71.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
Population	115,178 → 117,783 (+2.3%)	103,074 → 105,447 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$60,696 → $71,898 (+18.5%)	$63,776 → $77,359 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $218,400 (+36.8%)	$203,400 → $275,900 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $889 (+22.3%)	$880 → $1,090 (+23.9%)

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

Walworth County

Population

103,074105,447

Median household income

$63,776$77,359

Median home value

$203,400$275,900

Median gross rent

$880$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.8%
75 and over	7.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
Drove alone	78.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
1-unit, detached	67.5%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	9.9%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Sheboygan County	Walworth County
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1969	1977