Home values, rents and more in Appleton, WI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Appleton compares
The typical home in Appleton, WI is worth about $305,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Appleton are 13% below the typical value in the Appleton metro area ($349,000) and 17% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Appleton rose 5.3%, compared with +5.2% in the Appleton metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,185 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Appleton metro area ($1,197) and 39% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 8.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $80,483, against $85,825 in the Appleton metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 75,023 people live in Appleton (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Appleton has the 5th-lowest typical home value of the 25 cities in the Appleton metro area and the 298th-lowest of 690 in Wisconsin with Zillow figures.
Part of: Outagamie County, WI · Appleton metro area · Wisconsin
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.