Appleton vs Murdock

A side-by-side comparison of Appleton and Murdock: population, income, housing, and more.

Appleton and Murdock are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Appleton has the higher population (1,360 vs 306 in Murdock). Murdock has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $40,117 in Appleton). Murdock has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $71,300 in Appleton).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton	Murdock
Population	1,360	306
Median age	51.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,117	$70,500
Median home value	$71,300	$95,000
Median gross rent	$682	$863
Housing units	758	120
Homeownership rate	72.3%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton	Murdock
Population	1,412 → 1,360 (-3.7%)	280 → 306 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$34,856 → $40,117 (+15.1%)	$53,281 → $70,500 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$49,900 → $71,300 (+42.9%)	$75,000 → $95,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $682 (+29.2%)	$867 → $863 (-0.5%)

Appleton

Population

1,4121,360

Median household income

$34,856$40,117

Median home value

$49,900$71,300

Median gross rent

$528$682

Murdock

Population

280306

Median household income

$53,281$70,500

Median home value

$75,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$867$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton	Murdock
Under 5	2.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	17.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	8.8%
75 and over	14.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton	Murdock
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton	Murdock
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.3%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton	Murdock
Drove alone	73.0%	91.3%
Carpooled	12.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton	Murdock
1-unit, detached	66.1%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Appleton	Murdock
Poverty rate	20.5%	15.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1959	1938