Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Sheboygan Falls’ best subject grade is an A− for civic life. Sheboygan Falls’ mean commuting time is 16 minutes, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 76 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns score lower on the outdoors. Sheboygan Falls has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Sheboygan Falls beats most towns.
Where Sheboygan Falls’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Sheboygan Falls is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,174 in 1870, 8,210 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 3 maps from 1954 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sheboygan Falls, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Sheboygan Falls.
The top destinations are Sheboygan (25%), Sheboygan Falls (9%) and Kohler (9%). Commuting out is the norm here: 6% of working residents work locally. Employers in Sheboygan Falls added 716 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 2,706. The share of residents in Sheboygan Falls who live below the poverty line: 14%.
| Sheboygan Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sheboygan Falls’ natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 7 of 100. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2000. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 49% come from inland flooding and 19% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just over a third of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 33% across Wisconsin. Adults 35 to 64 are 52% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 13% of residents (19% statewide). Sheboygan Falls’ age of the median resident stands at 47.8 years.
| Sheboygan Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.8 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 32% | 29% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.5 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Sheboygan Falls | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.7% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.9% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.3% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.3% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.9% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.7% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
In Sheboygan Falls, the typical July afternoon high is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
36% of adults have high blood pressure in Sheboygan Falls. Of 32 CDC measures, Sheboygan Falls beats the Wisconsin average on 4 and trails it on 1. In Sheboygan Falls, 29% of adults feel lonely, and 28% get no exercise outside work.
| Sheboygan Falls | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Sheboygan Falls | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 12.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 9.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sheboygan Falls. Close and well known come first.
32 mi LakeLake Winnebago
24 mi MuseumUSS Cobia
25 mi Park & preserveKettle Moraine State Forest
8 mi Theme parkBlue Harbor Resort
8 mi MuseumJohn Michael Kohler Arts Center
38 mi MuseumEAA Aviation MuseumLake 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 · EAA Aviation Museum: self, CC BY-SA 2.5
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sheboygan Falls
About 3 of every 100 Sheboygan Falls residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
City in United States, Town of Rochester
Sheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Sheboygan River. The population was 8,210 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Sheboygan metropolitan area.
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6 towns share a border with Sheboygan Falls.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheboygan Falls | — | — | C | — | B | B |
| Sheboygan Falls | #134 | A− | B+ | B+ | B− | B |
| Plymouth | #103 | A− | B | A− | B+ | B |
| Sheboygan | #265 | B− | C | — | C− | B+ |
| Plymouth | #172 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Lima | #124 | A− | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Herman | — | — | C | — | A− | B+ |
Sheboygan Falls and Herman have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan, Plymouth, Lima and Herman report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sheboygan Falls with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
2 notable people were born here, including Charles H. Weisse and Joan Milke Flores.
