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54911

Appleton, WI · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
25,308
Median household income
$67,001
People below poverty
9%
Median home value
$216,100

Income

The median income of households in 54911 was $67,001. An estimated 5.1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 7.1% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 5.1
$10,000 to $14,999 4
$15,000 to $24,999 6.7
$25,000 to $34,999 5.8
$35,000 to $49,999 13.9
$50,000 to $74,999 18.3
$75,000 to $99,999 13.9
$100,000 to $149,999 17.3
$150,000 to $199,999 7.8
$200,000 or more 7.1

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 62674
Female 48026

An estimated 73.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 33.5% of households received Social Security and an estimated 29.6 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,171. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 73.2
Social Security 33.5
Retirement income 29.6
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 3.8
Cash public assistance income 2

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 9 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 7.7% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 10.8% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 9
Children under 18 years below poverty 7.7
People 65 years old and over below poverty 10.8
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 9

In 2020-2024, 12.5 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 37.2% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 33.7% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 30.8% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 54911 in 2020-2024, 96.2% had health insurance coverage and 3.8% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 73% and public coverage was 34.2%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0.4%.


In 2020-2024, 54911 had a total population of 25,308 - 12,699 (50.2%) females and 12,609 (49.8%) males. The median age was 36.7 years. An estimated 21.5% of the population was under 18 years, 35% was 19 to 44 years, 20.9% was 45 to 64 years, and 17.8 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 54911 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 743 450
5 to 9 842 842
10 to 14 787 500
15 to 19 1234 1266
20 to 24 1002 1044
25 to 29 1055 766
30 to 34 797 835
35 to 39 907 884
40 to 44 684 902
45 to 49 711 558
50 to 54 723 660
55 to 59 672 657
60 to 64 631 652
65 to 69 517 582
70 to 74 474 796
75 to 79 264 518
80 to 84 241 308
85 and over 325 479

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 82.3% were White; 2% were Black or African American; 3.5% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 5.3% were Asian; 0.9% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 7.5% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 7.6% of the people in 54911 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 80.5% of the people in 54911 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 10,585 households in 54911. The average household size was 2.22 people.

Married-couple households made up 37.7% of the households in 54911 while cohabiting couple households made up 9.1% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 32.6% of all households, while 20.5% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 16.9% of households were male householders living alone, and 22.1% were female householders living alone, for a total of 39% of all households.

In 54911, 26.8% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 31.3% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 37.7
Cohabiting Couples 9.1
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
20.5
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
32.6

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 41.6% of males and 37.6% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 45.5 36.8
Now married, except separated 41.6 37.6
Separated 0.4 1.3
Widowed 3.3 9.5
Divorced 9.2 14.8

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 54911, 314 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 36.9% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 94% of the people living in 54911 were U.S. natives. 68.8% of the 54911 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 6% of 54911 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 55.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 66.7 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 54911 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 54911.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 24.5
Asia 51.6
Europe 10
Africa 11.9
Northern America 2.1
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 54911 in 2020-2024, 10.7 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 4% of people at least five years old; 3.8% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 4
Other Indo-European languages 1.4
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 4.7
Other languages 0.6

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 84 % of the people at least one year old living in 54911 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 84
Different house, same county 5.7
Different county, same state 5.2
Different state 3.7
Abroad 1.4

Education

In 2020-2024, 93.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 35.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 6.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 54911 was 6,862 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 407 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 4,214. College or graduate school enrollment was 2,241.

Educational Attainment of People in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 6.2
High school diploma or equivalency 26.3
Some college, no degree 19.1
Associate's degree 12.8
Bachelor's degree 26.4
Graduate or professional degree 9.3

Disability

In 54911, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 14.6 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 6% of people under 18 years old, to 12.5% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 33.1% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 54911, 62.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 35.1% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 85.9% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 10.1% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 4 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 11,139 85.9
Federal, state, or local government workers 1,312 10.1
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 516 4

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 54911 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.3
Construction 4.6
Manufacturing 17
Wholesale trade 1.8
Retail trade 13.2
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 3.7
Information 2.7
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 6
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 12.8
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 19.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 11.6
Other Services, except public administration 5
Public administration 2.2

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 54911 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 5,246 40.5
Service occupations 2,472 19.1
Sales and office occupations 2,656 20.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 720 5.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 1,873 14.4

Commuting to Work

An estimated 68% of 54911 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 9.9% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 17.7 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 68
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 9.9
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 1.3
Walked 5.5
Other means 2.2
Worked from home 13.1

In 2020-2024, 54911 had a total of 11,321 housing units. Of these housing units, 67.5% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 31.4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 1.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 67.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 31.4
Mobile homes 1.1
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

2.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 30.2% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 54911 was 5.6 rooms, and of these housing units 58.4% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 54911 had 10,585 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 736 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 60.2% while renters occupied 39.8%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.49 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.8.

4.5% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 10.4% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 9.3% and another 15.6% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 54911:

House Heating Fuel Used in 54911 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 73.8
Electricity 22.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 1.3
All other fuels 1.7
No fuel used 0.7

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 54911 was $216,100.

Of the owner-occupied households, 57.9 % had a mortgage. 42.1% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,433 and for owners without a mortgage it was $615.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 54911 was $1,037. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.