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Kohler
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Kohler
Total population
2,175
Median home value
$381,300
Bachelor's+
Median income
$135,833
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Kohler is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Sheboygan River. The population was 2,195 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Sheboygan metropolitan statistical area.
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History
Originally called Riverside within the rural Town of Sheboygan, the village was founded as a model company town in 1900 when the Kohler Company built a new plant at the location. The village was incorporated in 1912 as the Village of Kohler. Of the original homes, most built between 1917 and 1931, approximately 95% are owner occupied. The Kohler Company continues to retain final authority over the design of home and business additions, outbuildings and fences in the village to keep them within a certain aesthetic standard. In 1900, Kohler Company moved four miles westward from Sheboygan to its present location, then known as Riverside. Chief executive Walter J. Kohler Sr. hoped to establish "a fine American city with opportunity for home ownership in agreeable surroundings, all tending toward a rational home life." He traveled to Europe in 1913, studying the Krupp Steel Works's communities and conferring in England with "garden city" urban planner Sir Ebenezer Howard. Kohler's planning, starting in 1917, including engaging the Olmsted Brothers landscape architectural firm. In 1934, 1954–1965, 1983, and 2015, the United Auto Workers and other unions have gone on strike against the Kohler Company, causing limited to major disruptions to village operations.
Geography
Kohler is located at (43.738244, -87.781109). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
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Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
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Current forecast
Forecast for Kohler, WI from NOAA NWS API.
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- North HighHigh · Sheboygan · 1,537 students · 16.4:1 ratio
- South HighHigh · Sheboygan · 1,131 students · 15.5:1 ratio
- Plymouth HighHigh · Plymouth · 746 students · 13.3:1 ratio
- Sheboygan Falls ElementaryElementary · Sheboygan Falls · 602 students · 15.1:1 ratio
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · Sheboygan · 583 students · 13.3:1 ratio
- Urban MiddleMiddle · Sheboygan · 562 students · 13.7:1 ratio
- Early Learning CenterOther · Sheboygan · 560 students · 29.5:1 ratio
- Farnsworth MiddleMiddle · Sheboygan · 514 students · 12.8:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Nearby places in Wisconsin
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Books about Kohler
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library