Russell, Wisconsin.
Typical home $386,459 (+8.8% in a year). Sheboygan, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$217 (+12%) since Nov 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $31,333 +9%
- $355,126$386,459 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Russell$2,028
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Russell, WI rose 8.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Russell, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Russell is a town of 384 people in Sheboygan County. Half its households earn more than $75,625 a year and half less, against $73,094 across Sheboygan County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Sheboygan County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Sheboygan County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Russell is a very small town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, with a population that places it among the smallest communities in the state. Household incomes run a little above the county's, and very few residents live below the poverty line. Homes here are valued well above what is typical for much of the country, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month and July the warmest, when days turn warm. Snowfall is heavy, and the town sees a fair amount of rain and melted snow across the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, followed by schools, hospitals and social care, then shops and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Sheboygan County, some of the largest workplaces are Kohler Wisconsin, the Sheboygan Area School District and Bemis Manufacturing. Unemployment across the county is low and close to where it stood a year ago, and the number of jobs there has barely changed. Commutes are a little longer than a quick trip across town, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. Road America, a race track, is a short drive away, as are the Wade House Historic Site and the Malone Area Heritage Museum, both museums. For time outdoors, Kettle Moraine State Forest, a protected area, is a longer drive away. Lake Winnebago and the Milwaukee River also lie a longer drive off for those who like to be near the water.
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- 157households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 2%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Sheboygan County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sheboygan County had 61,092 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 60°. About 45 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Plymouth Wwtp weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sheboygan County
- Kohler WisconsinHotels, resort, without casinos2,107
- Sheboygan Area School DistrictSchool district1,343FTE
- Bemis ManufacturingBathroom and toilet accessories, plastics, manufacturing1,080
- Sargento FoodsCheese manufacturing998
- Discovery EnergyPower generators manufacturing887
- Masters Gallery Foods, Inc - PlymouthCheese merchant wholesalers870
- JohnsonvilleMeat processes from carcasses780
- Rockline Industries780
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 160 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 24,504 people in all across the county; Russell has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HailRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Sheboygan County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sheboygan County and the Sheboygan, WI metro.
Russell home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Russell$386,459
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Russell address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Russell — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.