Appleton, WI
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Appleton, WI: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 116,633. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet APPLETON-WI · Appleton, WI 4 ZIPs · 116,633 pop · #7738/25278 · Winnebago County and Outagamie County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $84,922
- RANK-UPPER #7738/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Neenah
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 66% owners
- POP-MID 116,633
- SPREAD-MOD 54911→54913
- HOME-MID $279,150
Nearest income peer: Neenah, WI (+ $947 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Appleton
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Appleton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Menasha · lowest
Menasha · lowest
$69,196 median HH income
- Little Chute · near
Little Chute · near
$82,472 median HH income
- Appleton · this city
Appleton · this city
$84,922 median HH income
- Neenah · near
Neenah · near
$85,869 median HH income
- Omro · near
Omro · near
$86,227 median HH income
- Seymour · near
Seymour · near
$87,048 median HH income
- Greenville · highest
Greenville · highest
$119,508 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Appleton, WI sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 31%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 116,633
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $84,922
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (4) - lead code 54915 (41,855 residents). Household income $84,922 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Appleton as a pure owner town.
Within Wisconsin, Rio is the closest lower-income city and Brule the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Appleton.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Appleton differ
Appleton's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $67,001 in ZIP 54911 to $105,385 in ZIP 54913, while home values span $216,100 in 54911 to $393,400 in 54913. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 7.4 points
54911 to 54913
54911 to 54913
54913 to 54911
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Appleton residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Appleton: the largest, 54915, is only about 36% of 116,633 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Appleton
Citywide ZBP: 3,698 establishments, 78,485 employees , annual payroll $4,659,667k (~32 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 54914 (1,063 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (569) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Appleton, WI
These ZIP codes straddle Winnebago County and Outagamie County, so county-level figures split Appleton between several administrative records. See the Winnebago County roll-up →
Appleton lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Winnebago County and Outagamie County: Kaukauna, Greenville and Hortonville earn more and Oshkosh, Menasha and Little Chute earn less. Greenville marks the far end of that range at $119,508, 41% above Appleton.
Side-by-side: Compare 54915 vs 54914 →
Appleton roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Appleton, .