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Sturgeon Bay city, Door County, WI

9,702 Population
9.9 square miles 980.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Door County: 54.1 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,312 ±$3,435 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Door County: $48,630 ±$2,398
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$56,882 ±$7,148 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Door County: $71,785 ±$3,032
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10.1% ±3.2% (963  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Door County: 8.7% † 2,595 (±1.6% / ±492)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

15.4 minutes ±2.5 (67,785  ±12,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Door County: 18.1 228,365 (±1.1 / ±16,363)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

4,919 ±293 Number of households
  • Door County: 14,377 ±352
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
1.9 ±0.1 (9,540  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Door County: 2.1 29,920 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

12.8% ±6.4% (235  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Door County: 8.1% † 401 (±2.6% / ±131)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

5,686 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Door County: 23,996 ±60
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$217,600 ±$16,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Door County: $305,800 ±$13,588
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

9.4% ±2.8% (893  ±262.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Door County: 8.5% † 2,545 (±1.2% / ±363.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

96.5% ±7.8% (7,164  ±658.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Door County: 96.6% 22,885 (±3.4% / ±807.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
27.9% ±4.1% (2,073  ±314.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Door County: 37.1% 8,792 (±1.9% / ±450.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

1.9% ±0.9% (184  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Door County: 2.5% 749
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.9% ±2.2% (558  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Door County: 7.6% † 1,937 (±1% / ±249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
558 Total veterans ±176 459 Male ±139 99 Female ±105

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