Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety82#170/924
Economy90#97/925
Housing79#199/925
Health82#171/925
Healthcare80#184/923
Environment41#537/917
Education68#293/925
Infrastructure92#78/925
Community98#17/925
Leisure & amenities67#310/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sheboygan, WI metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high55.0%
97/100Wisconsin 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · low34.0%
97/100Wisconsin 43.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.9%
94/100Wisconsin 6.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.7%
94/100Wisconsin 7.2%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low24.0%
94/100Wisconsin 27.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Unemployment rate · low2.8%
94/100Wisconsin 3.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high13 days
1/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · high3.5%
8/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Effective property tax rate · high1.23%
21/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low9.3 /1k
25/100Wisconsin 12.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · low2.6 /10k
28/100Wisconsin 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low188 /100k
32/100Wisconsin 282 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
2.3 /1k (2021) → 5.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+143%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High ozone daysWorsening
8 days (2017) → 13 days (2022)
+63%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
22.9% (Dec 2021) → 35.1% (Aug 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Drought exposureWorsening
23% (2021) → 35% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
5.9 /1k (2020) → 9.3 /1k (2025)
+56%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
26.3 /100k (2021) → 12.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Sheboygan, WI metro area improved on 16 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Property tax−0.5 points1.73% → 1.23%
Pharmacies+15%1.7 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Traffic deaths−19%9.4 /100k → 7.6 /100k
Grocery stores+12%1.4 /10k → 1.5 /10k
New businesses+56%5.9 /1k → 9.3 /1k

Declined3

Suicides+43%11.9 /100k → 17.0 /100k
Poverty+1.3 points7.2% → 8.5%
Price / income+0.6×2.6× → 3.2×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Sheboygan, WI metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.1 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	+4.2%	Little change	38%
Average commute time	18.2 min2015-2019	18.2 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	66%
Average weekly wage	$1,0322020	$1,2792025	+24%	Improved	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Improved	40%
Broadband subscriptions	83.8%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	9.3%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Distance to an airport	55 mi2020	49 mi2025	−6 mi	Improved	97%
Drug overdose deaths	20.3 /100k2020	12.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−37%	Improved	66%
Effective property tax rate	1.73%2015-2019	1.23%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	99%
Firearm deaths	11.0 /100k2020	10.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.3%	Improved	61%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	80%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	62%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	38%
Homicide rate	3.0 /100k2020	1.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−37%	Improved	63%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,1022019	$71,5282024	+27%	Improved	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4092015-2019	0.4142020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$60,6962015-2019	$73,0942020-2024	+20%	Improved	16%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	9.3 /1k2025	+56%	Improved	66%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	7.2%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Declined	10%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−2.4%	Little change	43%
Public transit commuters	0.3%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent as share of income	23.4%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	35.5%2015-2019	34.0%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Restaurants and bars	12.4 /10k2020	12.6 /10k2025	+2%	Little change	54%
Suicide rate	11.9 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+43%	Declined	10%
Traffic deaths	9.4 /100k2015-2019	7.6 /100k2020-2024	−19%	Improved	87%
Unemployment rate	5.8%2020	2.8%2025	−3 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.8%2015-2019	4.9%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Sheboygan, WI metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sheboygan, WI metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Sheboygan, WI metro area itself moved +1.6 points in standing on average over the same 28 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

117,991 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

49,725 households (±418)

Sheboygan, WI metro area
United States share

Under $25k11%5,639
$25k–50k19%9,377
$50k–75k21%10,502

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

49,725 households (±418)

Sheboygan, WI metro area
United States share

Own71%35,541
Rent29%14,184

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

59,821 workers (±939)

Sheboygan, WI metro area
United States share

Drive alone76%45,744
Carpool8.5%5,110
Public transit0.3%†165

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Sheboygan, WI employ 13,330 people. 4 pay a median above the US median and 6 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Sheboygan, WI by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Food Batchmakers1,910 jobs	1,910	$51,490US $42,290	+22%	28×
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators1,600 jobs	1,600	$44,440US $44,650	0%	2.92×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1,550 jobs	1,550	$48,150US $40,240	+20%	1.35×
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,300 jobs	1,300	$29,210US $31,200	−6%	0.86×
Cashiers1,290 jobs	1,290	$30,780US $32,880	−6%	1.07×
Retail Salespersons1,210 jobs	1,210	$35,370US $35,410	0%	0.79×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides1,200 jobs	1,200	$37,660US $35,800	+5%	0.71×
Registered Nurses1,130 jobs	1,130	$84,240US $97,550	−14%	0.86×
Stockers and Order Fillers1,090 jobs	1,090	$32,090US $37,330	−14%	0.99×
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers1,050 jobs	1,050	$76,710US $74,450	+3%	3.99×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Sheboygan, WI.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Sheboygan, WI has 2,671 employer establishments, 227 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248), with 53,030 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,560. The Census Bureau also counts 6,623 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,671; 6,623 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 227; US 248
Paid employees: 53,030
Average annual pay: $56,560; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sheboygan, WI by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	207	17.6	0.84×About typical	2,851	$66,239	212
Restaurants and other eating places	200	17	0.92×About typical	3,178	$19,024	31
Specialty trade contractors	195	16.5	1.07×About typical	1,695	$71,241	446
Religious organizations	114	9.7	1.74×More than typical	907	$24,847	—
Full-service restaurants	96	8.1	1.06×About typical	1,461	$20,374	18
Services to buildings and dwellings	93	7.9	1.17×About typical	617	$36,862	389
Limited-service restaurants	79	6.7	0.84×About typical	1,517	$17,755	9
Building equipment contractors	74	6.3	1.04×About typical	817	$77,944	54
Offices of physicians	67	5.7	0.88×About typical	1,377	$84,542	21
Truck transportation	65	5.5	1.09×About typical	820	$60,434	91
Automotive repair and maintenance	62	5.3	1.04×About typical	282	$45,443	86
Offices of other health practitioners	62	5.3	0.87×About typical	370	$41,092	125

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 117,891 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $60.3M on contracts performed in Sheboygan, WI metro area: $511 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $60.3M; +81% vs FY2025
Per resident: $511; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$21.9M36%
Agricultural Marketing Service$19.3M32%
Defense Logistics Agency$18.3M30%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$289.2K0.5%
Department of the Army$284.3K0.5%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$207K0.3%
Forest Service$59.4K0.1%
U.S. Coast Guard$4,5460.0%

Top recipients

DISCOVERY ENERGY, LLC$21.9M36%
MASTERS GALLERY FOODS, INCORPORATED$19M32%
A. J. WHOLESALE PRODUCE INC.$18.3M30%
CARDINAL POINT CAPTAINS, INC.$289.2K0.5%
MIDWEST MARINE CONTRACTORS LLC$284.3K0.5%

Spending by fiscal year

26.2MFY2017
18.2MFY2018
16.4MFY2019
82.4MFY2020
44.7MFY2021
36.9MFY2022
84.2MFY2023
81.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$21.9M36%
Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$19.3M32%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$16.4M27%
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing · 3118$1.8M3.0%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$289.2K0.5%
Deep sea, coastal, and Great Lakes water transportation · 4831$284.3K0.5%

Part of this section could not be loaded in time.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $776.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Sheboygan, WI metro area: $6,580 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $776.7M; −1.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,580; US $12,955
Loan face value: $30.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$574.7M74%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$56.9M7.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$39.1M5.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$38.4M4.9%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$21.2M2.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$14.7M1.9%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$6.3M0.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$4M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$28.3M3.6%
MADISON, WI
WHPC-NIBP PORTFOLIO, LLC$3.4M0.4%
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WI
LAKELAND UNIVERSITY, INC$3.1M0.4%
PLYMOUTH, WI
SHEBOYGAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$2.3M0.3%
SHEBOYGAN, WI
SHEBOYGAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$684.8M88%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$44.4M5.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$28.3M3.6%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$6.3M0.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

653.4MFY2021
625.1MFY2022
680.6MFY2023
726.2MFY2024
790.3MFY2025
776.7MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Sheboygan, WI

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Sheboygan CountyCentral county92118,047

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

SheboyganPrincipal city49,645

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Wisconsin

Areas based in Wisconsin, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved16

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Sheboygan, WI metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Federal grants & assistance

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Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Sheboygan, WI

Principal cities

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Other metro and micro areas in Wisconsin

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved16

Declined3

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

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