Property Tax in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

What the Sheboygan County numbers mean

Read the two medians together: $3,234 is the middle tax bill among owner-occupied households in Sheboygan County, and $218,400 is the middle home value. Neither figure describes a specific property — together they describe the typical homeowner's situation in the county.

The derived effective rate for Sheboygan County is 1.48% (median tax ÷ median value). Treat it as an estimate for comparison only: it comes from survey medians of different households, not from the county's rate schedule.

The key figures for Sheboygan County

For context, the Wisconsin medians are $3,746 of tax on $247,400 of value, and the US medians are $2,969 on $303,400. *Derived figures are estimates from Census medians, not official rates.

Sheboygan County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Wisconsin: #30 of 72 counties
• Median home value rank in Wisconsin: #30 of 72
• Population rank in Wisconsin: #13 of 72 (117,783 residents)
• Population density rank: #12 of 72 (230 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Wisconsin: #57 of 72 (511 sq mi, 0.9% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $270; per $1,000 of home value: $1.48

How Sheboygan County compares

The median tax bill in Sheboygan County is about 14% lower than the state median ($3,746 for Wisconsin) and about 9% higher than the US median ($2,969 nationally). By median taxes paid, the county ranks #30 out of 72 Wisconsin counties with published Census data — 29 counties in the state have a higher median bill.

Comparisons cut both ways: a county can have a modest rate but high bills because homes are expensive, or a high rate but modest bills because homes are cheaper. Sheboygan County's derived rate of 1.48% sits above the derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Sheboygan County: the median bill works out to about $270 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $1,481 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 117,783 people — the #13 most populous county in Wisconsin, spread over 511 square miles, a density of about 230 people per square mile. Its median home value, $218,400, ranks #30 among the state's 72 counties with data.

Nationally, Sheboygan County's median bill of $3,234 ranks #388 of 3133 counties with published data — inside the top 12% of counties by tax paid. The county accounts for about 2.0% of Wisconsin's population, its median home value is about 12% below the state median, and at the derived rate the median home would hand over roughly 14.81% of its value in tax across a decade. Within the state, the distance from Sheboygan County to the most expensive county, Dane County ($6,276), is $3,042 a year.

Counties nearest Sheboygan County in the Wisconsin ranking

Sheboygan County and its population peers

Population is a useful lens on these figures, so the table below sets Sheboygan County beside the counties closest to it in population anywhere in the country — communities of a similar scale operating under different state and local tax systems. Ranked by median tax paid within this peer group of 9, Sheboygan County's $3,234 bill is #4 of 9.

The closest population match is Oswego County, New York (117,945 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $3,595 on a median home value of $139,600 — $361 less than Sheboygan County pays.

Inside Wisconsin itself, the counties closest to Sheboygan County in population are Washington County (137,320 residents, median tax $3,795 on a median value of $316,200); La Crosse County (120,262 residents, median tax $3,963 on a median value of $243,200); Eau Claire County (106,328 residents, median tax $3,461 on a median value of $242,400); Walworth County (105,447 residents, median tax $3,964 on a median value of $275,900). Same state, same broad tax framework — yet the median bills still differ, because assessed values and the mix of county, municipal and school-district rates are set locally.

How the tax is worked out

Think of the final bill as three ingredients: the assessed value of the property, the exemptions subtracted from it, and the combined rate of every district the property sits in. Sheboygan County's medians imply a derived rate of 1.48%; applied illustratively, a $400,000 home would owe about $5,924 a year, or around $494 a month spread evenly. Individual properties depart from the illustration in both directions.

Illustrative bills in Sheboygan County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 1.48% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Sheboygan County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 1.51% and the US figure of 0.98%:

Illustration only: real bills are computed from the assessed value, exemptions, and the combined rates of the property's actual taxing districts.

Checking your assessment in Sheboygan County

If your bill looks wrong, work through these steps:

1. Get your property record card from the assessor and check the basics — living area, lot size, bedrooms, condition, and any exemptions you should have.
2. Compare your assessed value with recent sale prices of similar homes in Sheboygan County.
3. Talk to the assessor's office informally first; clear errors are often fixed without a hearing.
4. If needed, file a formal appeal with the local review board before the deadline on your assessment notice, with your evidence attached.
5. Keep paying the bill as issued while the appeal runs, unless your notice says otherwise — unpaid taxes accrue penalties regardless of an appeal.

More Wisconsin counties

• La Crosse County, WI — $3,963
• Eau Claire County, WI — $3,461
• Walworth County, WI — $3,964
• Fond du Lac County, WI — $3,311
• Washington County, WI — $3,795
• Marathon County, WI — $3,108

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