Appleton vs Greenville

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

Appleton and Greenville 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 12,911 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($110,103 vs $77,450 in Appleton). Greenville has the higher median home value ($337,100 vs $211,500 in Appleton).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton	Greenville
Population	74,873	12,911
Median age	36.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,450	$110,103
Median home value	$211,500	$337,100
Median gross rent	$957	$1,219
Housing units	31,999	4,847
Homeownership rate	66.7%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton	Greenville
Population	74,139 → 74,873 (+1.0%)	10,130 → 12,911 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$58,112 → $77,450 (+33.3%)	$104,413 → $110,103 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$147,800 → $211,500 (+43.1%)	$309,100 → $337,100 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $957 (+18.4%)	$1,066 → $1,219 (+14.4%)

Appleton

Population

74,13974,873

Median household income

$58,112$77,450

Median home value

$147,800$211,500

Median gross rent

$808$957

Greenville

Population

10,13012,911

Median household income

$104,413$110,103

Median home value

$309,100$337,100

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton	Greenville
Under 5	6.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.6%
75 and over	6.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	6.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton	Greenville
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton	Greenville
Drove alone	75.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.2%	15.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton	Greenville
1-unit, detached	66.6%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Appleton	Greenville
Poverty rate	8.5%	2.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1971	2000