A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Grand Chute$2,980/mo

Typical home $464K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.40% · or rent about $1,108/mo · Housing →

Appleton$2,000/mo

Typical home $306K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $1,030/mo · Housing →

The difference: $980 a month, about $11,700 a year, between Grand Chute and Appleton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grand Chute places higher on 12 of 23 WI lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Wisconsin ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DGrand ChuteSafer than 10% of U.S. towns B−AppletonSafer than 46% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−Grand ChuteBetter than 22% of districts in the state C−AppletonBetter than 22% of districts in the state

Health

A−Grand ChuteHealthier than 83% of U.S. towns B+AppletonHealthier than 70% of U.S. towns

12Grand Chute

10Appleton

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 294 towns #45#219 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 366 towns #39#217 Most walkableOutdoors · 371 towns #165#17 Fastest growingGrowth · 358 towns #50#171 Lowest depressionHealth · 366 towns #78#178 SafestSafety · 161 towns #158#117 Most activeHealth · 366 towns #76#166 Fewest smokersHealth · 366 towns #35#118

Left end = #1 in Wisconsin. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Grand Chute’s rankings →

Where they are

Grand Chute and Appleton share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Grand ChuteAppleton

Grand Chute ↔ Appleton3.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

3,958 Appleton residents work in Grand Chute (10.8% of its workers)

2,468 Grand Chute residents work in Appleton (21.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Appleton →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Grand ChuteAppleton

Snow a year49″49″

January low10°F 10°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)154d 154d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)2nd 5th

Outdoors & history

Grand ChuteAppleton

Trails12 mi 12 mi

Conserved land4.1%5%

Settled1849 1848

National Register places—21

Archive photos7 24

Famous people born here2 73

Community

Grand ChuteAppleton

Library hours a week—66 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Wisconsin average

Grand ChuteAppleton

People

Population 24,168Lowest 75,023Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.9%Highest WI: +3.6% +4.2%Lowest WI: +3.6%

Median age 39.2±1.1Highest about the WI average 37.5±0.7Lowest 7% below WI

Grand Chute and Appleton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 18.8%±2Lowest WI: 21.4% 22.7%±1Highest WI: 21.4%

Age 65+ 19%±1.9Highest WI: 18.5% 16.6%±1Lowest WI: 18.5%

Grand Chute and Appleton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 34.6%Lowest WI: 33.4% 38.2%Highest WI: 33.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±1.6Lowest WI: 5.8% 6.2%±0.7Highest WI: 5.8%

Appleton and Grand Chute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,105±$6kLowest about the WI average $80,483±$3kHighest 4% above WI

Appleton and Grand Chute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $294,700±$11kHighest 11% above WI $231,400±$5kLowest 13% below WI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,108±$34Highest about the WI average $1,030±$38Lowest 5% below WI

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,123Highest 9% above WI $3,588Lowest 5% below WI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.3%±5.9Lowest WI: 43.7% 38.9%±3.6Highest WI: 43.7%

Appleton and Grand Chute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 6%Lowest WI: 10.6% 8.3%Highest WI: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.8%Lowest WI: 67.8% 67.1%Highest WI: 67.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Highest 14 yrs newer than WI 1971Lowest 4 yrs older than WI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 18% below WI 19 minHighest 13% below WI

Work from home 11.5%±2.2Lowest WI: 13.1% 12.6%±1.3Highest WI: 13.1%

Appleton and Grand Chute are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 15.3%Lowest 25.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 mi 6.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.13Highest 1.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Appleton (21%)Grand Chute (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 21% work in Appleton11% work in Grand Chute

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.1%Lowest 5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.5 miLowest 12.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 mi 0.5 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 12Lowest 40Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 44.1Lowest 95.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #140 of 262 in WI #186 of 262 in WI

School district Appleton Area School DistrictAppleton Area School District

High school in town None in townNorth High

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.3

Wisconsin average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Grand Chute vs Appleton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $980 more a month in Grand Chute

Grand Chute places higher on 12 of 23 WI lists

Grand Chute and Appleton share a border

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