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Outagamie County, WI

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 15 ZIP codes inside Outagamie County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
15
in this county
Total population
165,398
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
13
distinct city/town names
Avg density
405
people / sq mi
Avg median income
—
household, ACS
Avg home value
—
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Outagamie County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
54914 Appleton 31,359 630 $77,199
54130 Kaukauna 27,322 135 $86,364
54911 Appleton 25,623 1,174 $66,747
54913 Appleton 23,419 141 $103,149
54942 Greenville 10,707 259 $113,633
54944 Hortonville 9,001 51 $98,675
54140 Little Chute 8,522 1,050 $72,049
54165 Seymour 7,973 31 $88,135
54136 Kimberly 6,893 1,303 $66,472
54106 Black Creek 5,346 24 $88,606
54170 Shiocton 3,748 12 $76,705
54113 Combined Locks 3,614 782 $89,310
54922 Bear Creek 1,210 10 $73,371
54931 Dale 417 322 $66,657
54152 Nichols 244 155 $61,500

About Outagamie County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Outagamie County in Wisconsin contains roughly 15 ZIP codes spread across 13 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 165,398. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Wisconsin index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 405, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Outagamie County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Outagamie County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.