Is Lima a good place to live?
0% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades A−, 124th among Wisconsin's 357 graded towns. The median household earns $106K. Lima’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, below both Wisconsin’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Lima's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 82% of U.S. towns. Lima's schools outperform 69% of the state's.
What makes Lima stand out
Where Lima beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Lima for work
Where Lima’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lima grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Lima is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lima: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lima, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lima.
Lima owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has colder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Lima’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lima for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Lima has added 120 jobs, to 699 in 2023. 5.2% of Lima residents live below the poverty line.
| Lima | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $106,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 8.4% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lima faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lima has snowy winters and pleasant summers
January nights average 12.7°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 94% of Wisconsin places with climate records; July afternoons average 80.7°.
Lima has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Lima’s July high is 81°F. About 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Lima | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 81°F | 82°F | 85°F |
| January low | 13°F | 11°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lima ranks healthier than 62% of the country’s towns
Against the 7,722 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lima’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Lima beats the Wisconsin average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults binge drink in Lima.
| Lima | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Lima | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 12.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.9% | 9.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Wisconsin’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Wisconsin average. The median age in Lima is 45.1 years. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Lima | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.1 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 125 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.7 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Lima | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.1% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.7% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.8% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,900, single groups can be off by several points
A typical Lima home is worth about $368K
The typical Lima home is worth about $368,000, up 4.2% in a year, 9% above the Wisconsin typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Winnebago and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lima. Close and well known come first.
36 mi LakeLake Winnebago
31 mi MuseumUSS Cobia
20 mi Park & preserveKettle Moraine State Forest
10 mi Theme parkBlue Harbor Resort
10 mi MuseumJohn Michael Kohler Arts Center
14 mi MuseumWade House Historic SitePhoto credits
Lake Winnebago: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · USS Cobia: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Kettle Moraine State Forest: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Blue Harbor Resort: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · John Michael Kohler Arts Center: self, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wade House Historic Site: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Lima
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lima
About 5 of every 100 Lima residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Lima
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Lima () is a town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,956 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The unincorporated communities of Gibbsville, Hingham, and Ourtown are located in the town. The ghost town of Kennedy Corners was also located in the town.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 738 ft
- Area code
- 920
Lima’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Lima.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima | #124 | A− | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Sheboygan Falls | #134 | A− | B+ | B+ | B− | B |
| Lyndon | — | — | C | — | B+ | B |
| Wilson | #325 | C | C | — | C− | B− |
| Sheboygan Falls | — | — | C | — | B | B |
| Holland | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| Oostburg | #15 | A+ | B− | — | A | B+ |
Lyndon, Sheboygan Falls and Holland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lima, Lyndon, Wilson, Sheboygan Falls, Holland and Oostburg report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lima with a neighbor →
Questions about Lima
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lima, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Lima grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #124 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health and B+ for schools.
Is Lima, WI expensive?
That is 5 years of the area's median household income ($73,094 across the Sheboygan, WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.