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.Sturgeon Bay is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. A relatively large number of people in Sturgeon Bay telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sturgeon Bay has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sturgeon Bay a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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.In terms of college education, Sturgeon Bay is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 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.
