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Appleton, WI

75,023 Population
25.3 square miles 2,962 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,397 ±$8,737 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $46,727 ±$2,674
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
$80,483 ±$3,317 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $85,825 ±$1,972
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455

8.3% ±1.1% (6,006  ±812) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 6.2% 15,018 (±0.5% / ±1,286)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)

19.3 minutes ±0.7 (662,360  ±32,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 20.8 2,373,210 (±0.3 / ±49,467)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)

Families

31,030 ±624 Number of households
  • the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 99,754 ±466
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
2.3 ±0.1 (72,636  ±436) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 2.4 242,289 (±0 / ±60)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449

7.2% ±1.4% (1,278  ±260) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 6% † 3,246 (±0.6% / ±343)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)

Housing

32,221 ±592 Number of housing units
  • the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 103,408 ±156
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533

$231,400 ±$5,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $268,900 ±$2,993
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051

12.1% ±1.3% (8,921  ±932.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 9.6% 23,297 (±0.6% / ±1,522)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)

Social

94.8% ±2.6% (48,344  ±1,457.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 95% 161,278 (±1.5% / ±2,488.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
38.2% ±1.5% (19,472  ±821.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 32.8% 55,643 (±0.8% / ±1,402.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.2% ±0.8% (5,387  ±576) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 4.2% 10,406
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979

6.1% ±0.6% (3,508  ±375) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 5.9% 11,258 (±0.3% / ±559)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
3,508 Total veterans ±375 3,222 Male ±349 286 Female ±116

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