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Sturgeon Bay, WI

9,806 Population
9.9 square miles 991.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Door County: 54.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,176 ±$3,697 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Door County: $51,577 ±$2,651
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,926 ±$6,563 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Door County: $74,795 ±$3,193
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±3.4% (888  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Door County: 7.7% † 2,309 (±1.5% / ±447)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.3 minutes ±1.6 (59,740  ±8,938) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Door County: 16.9 210,515 (±0.7 / ±11,494)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,160 ±305 Number of households
  • Door County: 14,986 ±393
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (9,645  ±93) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Door County: 2 30,093 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±5.2% (150  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Door County: 5.7% † 289 (±2.3% / ±116)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,922 ±297 Number of housing units
  • Door County: 24,436 ±62
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$236,300 ±$22,747 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Door County: $342,600 ±$13,641
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±2.8% (929  ±273.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Door County: 8.2% † 2,480 (±1.2% / ±370.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±8.4% (7,139  ±685.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Door County: 96.4% 22,995 (±3.6% / ±854.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±4.4% (1,869  ±337) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Door County: 37.4% 8,923 (±2.2% / ±526.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±1.2% (278  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Door County: 3% 902
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.1% (538  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Door County: 7.5% † 1,921 (±0.8% / ±215)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
538 Total veterans ±175 458 Male ±154 80 Female ±94

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