City comparison
Phoenix, AZ is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Sheboygan, WI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,900 miles, or about 31 hours (about 3 days at 10 h/day) behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Phoenix, AZ to Sheboygan, WI takes about 2 h 58 min, covering roughly 1,500 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time and Sheboygan, WI is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Phoenix, it's 1 p.m. in Sheboygan, which puts Phoenix 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 49,805 in Sheboygan — about 32.3× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 16 sq mi for Sheboygan.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Phoenix | Sheboygan | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,322/mo | $853/mo | 55.0% higher in Phoenix |
| Median home value | $340,200 | $154,300 | 120.5% higher in Phoenix |
| Median household income | $72,092 | $59,861 | 20.4% higher in Phoenix |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 94.0 | 1.9% higher in Phoenix |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 87.9 | 9.4% higher in Phoenix |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 99.2 | 4.9% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 99.4 | 4.7% higher in Phoenix |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Phoenix, you'd need $81,897 in Sheboygan to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Sheboygan, WI is about 18.1% cheaper overall than Phoenix, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 51% higher in Phoenix than in Sheboygan. If you earn $80,000 in Phoenix, you'd need about $65,517 in Sheboygan to keep the same standard of living.