Appleton vs Little Chute

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

Appleton and Little Chute 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 11,930 in Little Chute). Little Chute has the higher median household income ($79,260 vs $77,450 in Appleton). Little Chute has the higher median home value ($223,400 vs $211,500 in Appleton).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton	Little Chute
Population	74,873	11,930
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,450	$79,260
Median home value	$211,500	$223,400
Median gross rent	$957	$1,141
Housing units	31,999	5,275
Homeownership rate	66.7%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton	Little Chute
Population	74,139 → 74,873 (+1.0%)	11,484 → 11,930 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$58,112 → $77,450 (+33.3%)	$61,111 → $79,260 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$147,800 → $211,500 (+43.1%)	$150,900 → $223,400 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $957 (+18.4%)	$779 → $1,141 (+46.5%)

Appleton

Population

74,13974,873

Median household income

$58,112$77,450

Median home value

$147,800$211,500

Median gross rent

$808$957

Little Chute

Population

11,48411,930

Median household income

$61,111$79,260

Median home value

$150,900$223,400

Median gross rent

$779$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton	Little Chute
Under 5	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton	Little Chute
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	89.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	6.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton	Little Chute
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton	Little Chute
Drove alone	75.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	9.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton	Little Chute
1-unit, detached	66.6%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	15.5%
20 or more units	6.8%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Appleton	Little Chute
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1971	1986