Appleton vs Combined Locks

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

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

Appleton has the higher population (74,873 vs 3,633 in Combined Locks). Combined Locks has the higher median household income ($89,310 vs $77,450 in Appleton). Combined Locks has the higher median home value ($235,800 vs $211,500 in Appleton).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton	Combined Locks
Population	74,873	3,633
Median age	36.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,450	$89,310
Median home value	$211,500	$235,800
Median gross rent	$957	$1,081
Housing units	31,999	1,488
Homeownership rate	66.7%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton	Combined Locks
Population	74,139 → 74,873 (+1.0%)	3,577 → 3,633 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$58,112 → $77,450 (+33.3%)	$71,014 → $89,310 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$147,800 → $211,500 (+43.1%)	$186,500 → $235,800 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $957 (+18.4%)	$851 → $1,081 (+27.0%)

Appleton

Population

74,13974,873

Median household income

$58,112$77,450

Median home value

$147,800$211,500

Median gross rent

$808$957

Combined Locks

Population

3,5773,633

Median household income

$71,014$89,310

Median home value

$186,500$235,800

Median gross rent

$851$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton	Combined Locks
Under 5	6.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.4%
75 and over	6.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton	Combined Locks
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	87.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton	Combined Locks
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	25.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton	Combined Locks
Drove alone	75.0%	90.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton	Combined Locks
1-unit, detached	66.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Appleton	Combined Locks
Poverty rate	8.5%	1.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1971	1980