Home appreciation in Appleton, WI

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Appleton, WI grew an average of 10.4% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+5.6%

2025 over 2024. Wisconsin: +6.2%.

5-year, per year

+10.4%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Wisconsin: +9.9%.

10-year, per year

+7.6%

+108.9% in total since 2015. Wisconsin: +7.3%.

How does your home compare?

Appleton, WI home prices rose 108.9% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +80.4% to +130.8%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Appleton, WI compares with Wisconsin

Wisconsin averaged +9.9% a year, so Appleton, WI grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Appleton, WI ranks 79th out of 409 metros nationwide and 5th out of 13 in Wisconsin.

Index, 2005 = 100

Appleton, WI and Wisconsin, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearAppleton, WIWisconsin
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2100102
2005 Q3102104
2005 Q4103105
2006 Q1103106
2006 Q2102105
2006 Q3103106
2006 Q4104107
2007 Q1105108
2007 Q2104108
2007 Q3105107
2007 Q4105107
2008 Q1106108
2008 Q2104106
2008 Q3103104
2008 Q4104104
2009 Q1104105
2009 Q2103103
2009 Q3101101
2009 Q4101101
2010 Q110199
2010 Q29999
2010 Q3101100
2010 Q410199
2011 Q19997
2011 Q29795
2011 Q39896
2011 Q49997
2012 Q19996
2012 Q29895
2012 Q39996
2012 Q49996
2013 Q19996
2013 Q29995
2013 Q39996
2013 Q49895
2014 Q19895
2014 Q210096
2014 Q310097
2014 Q410198
2015 Q110299
2015 Q2103100
2015 Q3103100
2015 Q4103101
2016 Q1104102
2016 Q2105103
2016 Q3107105
2016 Q4108105
2017 Q1108106
2017 Q2113109
2017 Q3114110
2017 Q4115110
2018 Q1116112
2018 Q2118115
2018 Q3120116
2018 Q4121117
2019 Q1122118
2019 Q2125120
2019 Q3126122
2019 Q4127122
2020 Q1128123
2020 Q2129124
2020 Q3132127
2020 Q4135129
2021 Q1136131
2021 Q2144138
2021 Q3150145
2021 Q4155148
2022 Q1158152
2022 Q2168163
2022 Q3172167
2022 Q4177166
2023 Q1178167
2023 Q2186176
2023 Q3192181
2023 Q4194181
2024 Q1197184
2024 Q2203190
2024 Q3206192
2024 Q4206193
2025 Q1207197
2025 Q2214201
2025 Q3218204
2025 Q4217204
2026 Q1218206
2026 Q2225213

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +7.6% a year over ten years, +108.9% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2007, fell 6.3% to its 2011 low, and regained the 2007 level in 2016.

The strongest year was 2022 at +15.6%, and the weakest was 2011 at -2.3%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +5.6%, against +6.2% for the state.

ZIP codes in Appleton, WI

Over the ten years to 2025, the 18 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +80.4% in 54913 to +130.8% in 54129, while the metro as a whole rose 108.9%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 54129+130.8%
  2. 54944+118.6%
  3. 54130+117.0%
  4. 54914+114.4%
  5. 54136+114.1%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 54913+80.4%
  2. 54113+86.5%
  3. 54106+91.9%
  4. 54942+92.7%
  5. 54169+98.0%
ZIP codes in Appleton, WI ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
54129+10.1%+13.3%+8.7%+130.8%
54944+9.8%+12.2%+8.1%+118.6%
54130+6.2%+11.0%+8.1%+117.0%
54914+8.4%+10.5%+7.9%+114.4%
54136+7.9%+9.9%+7.9%+114.1%
54911+5.6%+10.2%+7.9%+113.6%
53061+9.3%+11.4%+7.7%+110.9%
54140+1.7%+10.2%+7.6%+108.6%
54915+2.8%+9.7%+7.4%+105.1%
54165+2.5%+11.1%+7.4%+104.5%
54170+1.5%+10.3%+7.4%+104.0%
54110+1.6%+10.3%+7.3%+102.6%
53014+5.6%+11.7%+7.3%+102.4%
54169+6.1%+9.7%+7.1%+98.0%
54942+5.8%+8.6%+6.8%+92.7%
54106+4.4%+9.9%+6.7%+91.9%
54113-6.7%+8.2%+6.4%+86.5%
54913+4.2%+8.4%+6.1%+80.4%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

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Year by year

Annual house price index for Appleton, WI and Wisconsin, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006101.9+1.9%103.4
2007103.3+1.5%104.7
2008102.5-0.8%103.0
2009101.0-1.5%100.0
201099.1-1.9%96.9
201196.8-2.3%94.0
201297.5+0.8%93.3
201397.3-0.2%93.0
201498.3+1.0%94.3
2015101.2+2.9%97.4
2016104.7+3.5%101.3
2017110.9+5.9%106.3
2018117.2+5.7%112.1
2019123.4+5.3%117.4
2020129.0+4.6%122.7
2021144.0+11.6%137.1
2022166.5+15.6%157.9
2023185.0+11.1%172.0
2024200.1+8.2%185.0
2025211.3+5.6%196.5

The 13 measured metros in Wisconsin

Measured metros in Wisconsin ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Green Bay, WI+6.6%+11.1%+7.9%
2Sheboygan, WI+7.3%+10.9%+8.0%
3Fond du Lac, WI+7.1%+10.8%+7.3%
4Oshkosh-Neenah, WI+6.8%+10.7%+7.7%
5Appleton, WI+5.6%+10.4%+7.6%
6Janesville-Beloit, WI+6.1%+10.4%+8.3%
7Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI+8.1%+9.8%+7.6%
8Wausau, WI+8.3%+9.8%+7.0%
9Eau Claire, WI+5.3%+9.6%+7.6%
10Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI+6.3%+9.4%+6.9%
11Madison, WI+5.0%+9.3%+7.0%
12Kenosha, WI+6.9%+9.2%+7.6%
13La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN+5.4%+9.0%+6.8%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Wisconsin row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2