What is the cost of living in Sheboygan?

Sheboygan has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 94.0, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 80.5, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,116/month.

What is the median salary in Sheboygan?

The median salary in Sheboygan is $67,577 annually (mean: $71,349). Top occupations include Food Batchmakers, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.

How safe is Sheboygan?

The violent crime rate in the Sheboygan area is 280 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1157 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Sheboygan?

The state of WI has 2,205 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Charter schools make up 10.7% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Sheboygan?

Infant center-based childcare in the Sheboygan area averages $11,256 per year. Preschool averages $10,203/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Sheboygan a good place to relocate?

Sheboygan has a Life Score of 54.2/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Sheboygan sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Sheboygan ranks #51 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Sheboygan, WI

LiveAbility 60.5/100 places Sheboygan #51 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

94.0
Cost index (US=100): $1,116
2BR rent / mo: $67,577
Median salary: 60.5
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Sheboygan ranks #51 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (60.5/100), with its strongest marks in housing and air quality.

#51
of 387 US metros · Excellent: 5,960,975
metro-area population: 280
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 2,205
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: cost of living (47/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Sheboygan ranks #51 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 94.0 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,116/mo, median salary $67,577; LiveAbility Score 60.5/100, strongest in housing and air quality.

Signature: LiveAbility 60.5/100 places Sheboygan #51 of 387 (top third of scored metros).

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 94.0 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,116/mo.

LiveAbility 60.5/100 puts Sheboygan in the top third (#51 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Sheboygan area is 54,200.

Sheboygan vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

61 Top 13% higher than 87% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Sheboygan housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Sheboygan MSA; housing RPP 80.5 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,116/mo.

Studio

$769

/month

1 Bedroom

$888

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,116

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,351

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,527

/month

Sheboygan wages and employment

Sheboygan posts 54,200 total employment with median salary $67,577.

Median Salary

$67,577

Mean Salary

$71,349

Total Employment

54,200

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Food Batchmakers	$51,490
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$44,440
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$48,150
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$29,210
Cashiers	$30,780

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Sheboygan area from NCES.

Schools

2,205

Enrollment

814,921

Student:Teacher

14.4:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Sheboygan area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$11,256

per year

Toddler (Center)

$10,203

per year

Preschool (Center)

$10,203

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Sheboygan's composite Life Score is 54.2/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

47/100

Average

Wages

64/100

Above average

Rent

77/100

Strong

Crime

60/100

Above average

Schools

49/100

Average

Childcare

40/100

Below average

Environment

26/100

Weak

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Sheboygan ranks #51 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 60.5/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Housing (78/100)

Housing

78
Air quality

69
Low hazard

66
Job market

64
Safety

60
Climate

52
Schools

51
Cost of living

47

What this shows Sheboygan's strongest dimensions are housing and air quality; its weakest among scored dims is cost of living at 47/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Sheboygan on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Sheboygan on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Sheboygan cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Sheboygan wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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Sheboygan runs a $67,577 median salary at a 94.0 cost index, ranking #51 of 387 nationally on LiveAbility.

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