Appleton Real Estate
Appleton real estate the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, was once developed by frontier ministers who received their funding from wealthy Bostonians – notably merchant and philanthropist Samuel Appleton. His father-in-law started Lawrence University, ranked #56 by US News & World Report for liberal arts colleges and among the Princeton Review’s “Best values.” Also, in 1917, Fox Valley Technical College became the first exclusively vocational school in the US, now serving approximately 40,000 students.
The county covers municipalities of: Appleton, Bear Creek, Black Creek, Combined Locks, Hortonville, Freedom, Oneida, Liberty, Little Chute, Kaukauna, Deer Creek, Maple Creek and Seymour, to name a few.
The Outagamie County government is a large local employer and you may find work as: a patrol officer, correctional officer, telecommunications officer, nursing assistant, registered nurse, home consultant, youth supervisor or neighborhood manager. Additionally, the largest area employers include: Thedacare Inc. (medical supplies), the Appleton area school district, Thrivent Financial Life Insurance, Appleton Paper Inc. manufacturers, Miller Electric (welding equipment manufacturing), Fox Valley Technical College, Sara Lee Corp (meat processing) and Wal-mart. The natural resources, education, manufacturing and construction industries generally pay higher in Outagamie County than elsewhere in Wisconsin.
The Tri-Rivers area attracts visitors from all over Wisconsin for canoe trips, picnicking, biking and wildlife spotting. The land in this area is serene, tree-lined and undeveloped, making for the type of introspective trip Henry David Thoreau would like. From March to late Fall, you may see more than 100 Sandhill Cranes or Great Blue Herons flocked in one area or look for the beautiful Tundra Swans in the Spring months. In Mid-April, prehistoric sturgeon swim from Lake Winnebago to the Embarrass and Wolf Rivers to spawn.
The Outagamie Parks attracts a lot of residents who like to work hard but relax and enjoy natural settings in their time off. Plamann Park offers everything from disc-golf, a children’s farm, a cow-shaped path, a swimming lake, playgrounds, picnicking, hiking, skiing, sledding, and snowmobiling. Wiouwash Trail is popular for horseback riding and bird watchers will enjoy County Forest or View Ridge Natural Area.
As for entertainment, the Fox River Mall is the second largest retail attraction in Wisconsin with over 180 stores. Other entertainment options include the Harry Houdini Historical Center, the Outagamie County Fair, the Barlow Planetarium, the EAA Airshow (which is said to be the largest in North America), Stone Cellar and Fox River brewing companies, the Charles A Grignon museum in Kaukauna and the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton.
If you’re looking to move, there are approximately 2,084 vacant housing units out of the 62,000 total in Outagamie County, with a 5% vacancy for renters. The median home value for Appleton real estate is approximately $106,000 – which is below the Wisconsin average of $112,200.