Population & Demographics
Appleton, WI
Appleton is home to 75,023 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 39,335 resident workers commute each day.
75,023 residents
Median age 37.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Appleton population & demographics
Who lives in Appleton — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Appleton
How Appleton breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Appleton
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Appleton.
These figures are for Appleton proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Appleton commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Appleton
39,335 commutes, one dot at a time
Appleton
Where 39,335 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Appleton, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Appleton.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Appleton’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Appleton
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).