Sturgeon Bay is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 9,740 people and five associated neighborhoods, Sturgeon Bay is the 98th largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some cities, Sturgeon Bay isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sturgeon Bay are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sturgeon Bay is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sturgeon Bay who work in office and administrative support (13.61%), healthcare (7.72%), and management occupations (7.72%). Also of interest is that Sturgeon Bay has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.71% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sturgeon Bay has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sturgeon Bay has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sturgeon Bay than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sturgeon Bay may be for you. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.74 minutes getting to work every day.The overall education level of Sturgeon Bay is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.90% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Sturgeon Bay in 2022 was $39,271, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,084 for a family of four. However, Sturgeon Bay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Sturgeon Bay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sturgeon Bay residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Sturgeon Bay include German, English, Norwegian, Irish, and Belgian. The most common language spoken in Sturgeon Bay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
