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Appleton, WI

74,439 Population
25.4 square miles 2,928.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,359 ±$4,321 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $44,386 ±$1,934
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,155 ±$8,329 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $82,501 ±$4,039
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.8% ±2.6% (6,338  ±1,880) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 6.5% † 15,875 (±1.1% / ±2,729)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.3 minutes ±0.7 (662,360  ±32,839) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29,624 ±1,366 Number of households
  • the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 102,147 ±1,085
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (72,093  ±1,928) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 2.4 245,337 (±0 / ±102)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.8% ±2.6% (1,509  ±527) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 6.4% † 3,491 (±1.4% / ±786)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 67,503 (±0.3% / ±4,034)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,280 ±1,561 Number of housing units
  • the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 105,394 ±78
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$269,300 ±$10,230 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $297,500 ±$7,976
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.8% ±3.9% (9,353  ±2,897.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 9.4% † 23,209 (±1.6% / ±3,819.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96% ±4.8% (46,937  ±3,049.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 95.4% 165,265 (±3.1% / ±5,486.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.7% ±3.7% (20,367  ±1,996.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 33.3% 57,714 (±1.9% / ±3,282.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7% ±2.1% (5,192  ±1,600) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 4.5% 11,213
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±1.2% (2,422  ±649) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 5.2% † 10,005 (±0.5% / ±1,046)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,422 Total veterans ±649 2,074 Male ±609 348 Female ±241

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