Appleton appreciation rates and housing market information

Appleton housing market information

With 70,124 people, 27,675 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $144,647, Appleton real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Appleton, accounting for 67.71% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Appleton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (14.32%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (13.64%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (3.89%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Appleton. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 66.59% of Appleton's homes, and 61.50% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Appleton built from 1970-1994, so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Appleton built from 1940-1969 (35.59%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1939 and earlier (22.17%), and some were built from 1995 and later (22.17%).

Appleton home appreciation rates

Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Appleton, where house values have increased just 39.90%, which is an average annual increase of 3.99%. NeighborhoodScout's data show that in the latest quarter, Appleton house values appreciated 0.09%, which is an annualized rate of 0.36%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 60% of the cities and towns in America.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Appleton home appreciation rates, at -0.16%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Appleton's appreciation rate has been 0.09%, which annualizes to a rate of 0.36%.

Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that Appleton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 48% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Appleton differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Appleton - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 1990, to assist you in making the best Appleton real estate investment or home purchase decisions.