Photo: AsherHeimermann · CC BY-SA 4.0Sheboygan has lower unemployment (1.9%) than 86% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Sheboygan A; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 4% work in Sheboygan; the top destination outside it is Sheboygan (33%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sheboygan and work: the main findings
Sheboygan and Sheboygan trade workers both ways
Sheboygan is the top workplace for Sheboygan residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Sheboygan come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Sheboygan residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sheboygan
67% of Sheboygan residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Sheboygan pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Sheboygan are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Sheboygan’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sheboygan is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #88 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sheboygan could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The towns that employ Sheboygan’s residents
Where Sheboygan clocks in
33% of workers
13% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sheboygan
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The 2,385 jobs based in Sheboygan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheboygan, 2014 → 2024: 2,076 → 2,385. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sheboygan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Sheboygan takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheboygan workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,812 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Sheboygan
On a workday 3,496 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 2,234 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Sheboygan on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
For most of Sheboygan, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheboygan is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #157 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Sheboygan near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,325 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Sheboygan households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sheboygan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sheboygan is 356th of 2,944 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 354 | Southborough MA | 10,559 | $197K | 3.7% | 4.6% | 9% | A |
| 355 | Findlay Township PA | 7,541 | $111K | 2.1% | 3.8% | 11% | A |
| 356 | Sheboygan WI | 8,615 | $96K | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| 357 | Belle Chasse LA | 10,934 | $115K | 6.1% | 2.5% | 15% | A |
| 358 | Northport NY | 7,336 | $147K | 12.2% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sheboygan, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 18% of Sheboygan’s workers
The biggest share goes to Kohler (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheboygan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheboygan | – | A | B | 16 min | $95,970 |
| Kohler | 13% | A | C | 15 min | $135,833 |
| Sheboygan Falls | 3% | C+ | C+ | 16 min | $71,250 |
| Wilson | 2% | A | D | 17 min | $104,632 |
| Mosel | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mosel: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sheboygan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sheboygan: questions
What is the median household income in Sheboygan?
$95,970 (±$11,498) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheboygan?
2.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheboygan?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheboygan work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sheboygan (33%, 3 mi), Kohler (13%, 3 mi), Sheboygan Falls (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sheboygan walkable?
Sheboygan is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sheboygan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheboygan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheboygan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.