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Appleton, WI

75,133 Population
25.3 square miles 2,966.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,469 ±$7,876 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $42,748 ±$2,560
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$75,469 ±$2,621 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $79,958 ±$1,476
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

8.8% ±1.1% (6,406  ±791) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 6.7% 16,001 (±0.5% / ±1,188)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

19.4 minutes ±0.7 (696,945  ±30,578) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 20.7 2,432,825 (±0.4 / ±52,884)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

30,580 ±520 Number of households
  • the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 97,358 ±516
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.4 ±0 (72,630  ±439) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 2.5 239,438 (±0 / ±46)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

7.3% ±1.4% (1,290  ±259) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 5.7% † 3,101 (±0.6% / ±342)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

31,716 ±561 Number of housing units
  • the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 101,081 ±104
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$192,200 ±$3,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: $226,600 ±$2,925
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

12.9% ±1.2% (9,523  ±,909.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 10.2% 24,458 (±0.6% / ±1,522.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

93.7% ±2.5% (47,137  ±1,397.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 94.4% 157,138 (±1.5% / ±2,441)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
36.2% ±1.6% (18,216  ±,844.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 31.6% 52,598 (±0.9% / ±1,459.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

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

6.6% ±0.7% (4,918  ±544) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 3.8% 9,153
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

6.6% ±0.7% (3,787  ±416) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Appleton, WI Metro Area: 6.3% 11,849 (±0.3% / ±609)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
3,787 Total veterans ±416 3,479 Male ±373 308 Female ±120

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