Sheboygan County vs Washington County

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

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

Washington County has the higher population (137,320 vs 117,783 in Sheboygan County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($95,851 vs $71,898 in Sheboygan County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($316,200 vs $218,400 in Sheboygan County).

Population, income & housing

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
Population	117,783	137,320
Median age	41.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,898	$95,851
Median home value	$218,400	$316,200
Median gross rent	$889	$1,126
Housing units	52,549	58,766
Homeownership rate	71.3%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
Population	115,178 → 117,783 (+2.3%)	134,925 → 137,320 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$60,696 → $71,898 (+18.5%)	$77,663 → $95,851 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $218,400 (+36.8%)	$236,200 → $316,200 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $889 (+22.3%)	$908 → $1,126 (+24.0%)

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

Washington County

Population

134,925137,320

Median household income

$77,663$95,851

Median home value

$236,200$316,200

Median gross rent

$908$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.6%
75 and over	7.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
Drove alone	78.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	67.5%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Sheboygan County	Washington County
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1969	1984