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.
One of the benefits of Sturgeon Bay is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.74 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The percentage of people in Sturgeon Bay who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.90% of adults in Sturgeon Bay 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.
