What is the population of Sheboygan city?

Sheboygan city has 49,812 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #13 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Sheboygan city?

Median household income in Sheboygan city is $62,953 a year, 19.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sheboygan city?

Median gross rent is $874 a month and the median home value is $165,200, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.

Is Sheboygan city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sheboygan city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sheboygan, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan, WI — Census place “Sheboygan city”) is 49,812 residents, ranking #13 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $62,953, the median home is worth $165,200 and median gross rent runs $874 a month. Looking for the Sheboygan Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sheboygan, WI: 53081.

Population: 49,812Sheboygan city residents
Median household income: $62,953Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $165,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $874Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.3%Owner-occupied households

Sheboygan ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sheboygan.

The Sheboygan WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

53081

What the numbers mean in Sheboygan city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sheboygan city median would spend about 16.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.2% of residents and 60.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sheboygan city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sheboygan city is a small city in Wisconsin, with 49,812 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #13 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Sheboygan city earn a median of $62,953 a year, 19.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sheboygan city is valued at $165,200, 45.6% below the national figure and 22% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $874 a month, 37.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,488 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sheboygan city?: Sheboygan city has 49,812 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #13 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Sheboygan city?: Median household income in Sheboygan city is $62,953 a year, 19.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sheboygan city?: Median gross rent is $874 a month and the median home value is $165,200, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.
Is Sheboygan city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sheboygan city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sheboygan city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.