Karl Volkman is one of The Top Selling Real Estate Experts™
Find Out More >

Local Economy

Welcome > Local Info > Economy ...

Find Out More About the Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and Greenville Area Economy

•	Why Businesses Choose Fox Cities Video

This Page Includes:
-Economic Snapshots By County (Posted 01/31/2012)
-Local Property Tax Rates (Updated 4/5/2011)
-Economic Indicators (Updated 7/14/2011)
-Employment Statistics (Updated 9/29/2011)

Economic Snapshots By County

Calumet County
2010 Population - 48,971

Top Employers by Employment - 2nd QTR 2011:
Ariens Co
Brillion Iron Works Inc
County of Calumet
Aerotek
Kaytee Products Inc

Top Industries by Employment - 2nd QTR 2011:
Machinery Mfg
Food Services & Drinking Places
Food Mfg
Edu Services
Merch Whls Durable Goods

Top Paying Hourly Occupations - 2009:
Chief Executives     $90.38
General and Operations Managers    $48.91
Engineering Managers     $43.05
Sales Managers     $41.49
Financial Managers     $40.25

December 2011 Unemployment Rate (non-adjusted):
Calumet   5.0%
Wisconsin 6.6%
United States 8.3%

Average Home Cost - 2011, August YTD $134,950
Median Income - 2009   $65,679
Number of K-12 Public Schools    15
Number of Post-Secondary Schools 4

Source: Wisconsin's WORKnet - Department of Workforce Development, Calumet County Summary, Information from this site is updated regularly. Search run at another time may produce different results.09/21/2011

Housing Statistics for Calumet County
Number of Home Sales
2000 = 335
2004 = 448
2008 = 360
2009 = 415
2010 = 400
2011, August YTD = 246

Median Sale Price
2000 = $137,200
2004 = $152,900
2008 = $149,900
2009 = $143,000
2010 = $148,200
2011, August YTD = $134,950
Source: Wisconsin REALTOR's Association Housing Statistics, Northeastern Wisconsin Counties, Calumet County, WI

Outagamie County
2010 Population - 176,695

Top Employers by Employment - 2nd QTR 2011:
Thedacare Group
Appleton Area School District
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans
West Business Services LP
Miller Electric Mfg Co

Top Industries by Employment - 2nd QTR 2011:
Food Services & Drinking Places
Admin & Support Services
Edu Services
Specialty Trade Contractors
Food Mfg

Top Paying Hourly Occupations - 2009
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other     $102.82
Family and General Practitioners     $100.47
Chief Executives    $80.36
Actuaries     $63.02
Pharmacists     $50.11

December 2011 Unemployment Rate (non-adjusted):
Outagamie County 6.1%
Wisconsin 6.6%
United States 8.3%

Average Home Cost - 2011, August YTD   $125,000
Median Income - 2009    $55,106
Number of K-12 Public Schools    67
Number of Post-Secondary Schools   9
Source: Wisconsin's WORKnet - Department of Workforce Development, Outagamie County Summary, Information from this site is updated regularly. Search run at another time may produce different results. 09/21/2011

Housing Statistics for Outagamie County
Number of Home Sales
2000 = 1520
2004 = 1842
2007 = 1879
2008 = 1617
2009 = 1534
2010 = 1451
2011, August YTD = 1076

Median Sale Price
2000 = $110,300
2004 = $132,300
2007 = $139,900
2008 = $136,900
2009 = $127,000
2010 = $130,000
2011, August YTD = $125,000
Source: Wisconsin REALTOR's Association Housing Statistics, Northeastern Wisconsin Counties, Outagamie County, WI, 09/21/2011

Winnebago County
2010 Population - 166,994

Top Employers by Employment - 2nd QTR 2011:
Oshkosh Truck Corp
Kimberly Clark Global Sales Inc
Plexus Corp.
Pierce Mfg Inc
Oshkosh Public School

Top Industries by Employment - 2nd QTR 2011
Trans Equip Mfg
Paper Mfg
Food Services & Drinking Places
Edu Services
Admin & Support Services

Top Paying Hourly Occupations - 2009:
Obstetricians amd Gynecologists    $102.43
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other    $97.18
Family and General Practitioners    $96.69
Internists, General     $90.63
Chief Executives     $84.25

December 2011 Unemployment Rate (non-adjusted):
Winnebago County 5.7%
Wisconsin   6.6%
United States   8.3%

Average Home Cost - 2011, August YTD   $117,000
Median Income - 2009   $47,486
Number of K-12 Public Schools   61
Number of Post-Secondary Schools   11
Source: Wisconsin's WORKnet - Department of Workforce Development, Winnebago County Summary, Information from this site is updated regularly. Search run at another time may produce different results. 09/21/2011

Housing Statistics-Winnebago County
Number of Home Sales
2006 = 1893
2007 = 1741
2008 = 1500
2009 = 1514
2010 = 1438
2011, August YTD = 976
Median Sale Price
2006 = $125,500
2007 = $129,900
2008 = $125,900
2009 = $115,950
2010 = $119,900
2011, August YTD = $117,000
Source: REALTOR Association of Northeast Wiconsin MLS, Winnebago County, WI Published 9/21/2011

Local Taxes

Fox Cities Local Property Tax Rates^*- 2010

Location	2010 Tax Rate	Lottery Credit	Assessment Ratio
City of Appleton-Calumet Cty- Appleton Sch	22.47310	79.12	98.51%
City of Appleton-Outagamie Cty-Appleton Sch	22.54770	79.12	97.92%
City of Appleton-Winnebago Cty-Appleton Sch	24.50300	79.12	95.53%
City of Kaukauna	22.25285	77.49	99.56%
City of Menasha- Winnebago Cty	25.85	83.02	98.33%
City of Menasha- Calumet Cty-Men Sch	25.1885	83.02	98.89%
City of Neenah-2011 Revaluation	23.5849	76.67	100.20%
Village of Combined Locks-Kimberly Sch	20.9253	86.88	96.51%
Village of Hortonville-Hortonville Sch	20.00602	78.55	100.88%
Village of Kimberly	21.26005	86.88	101.74%
Village of Little Chute-Little Chute Sch	24.05004	98.42	93.76%
Village of Sherwood-Kaukauna Sch	20.517233	77.49	99.63%
Tn of Buchanan-Kimberly Sch - If in SD#2(Darboy) add .27269	17.37141	86.88	102.86%
Tn of Clayton-Neenah Sch	17.65469	76.67	103.57%
Tn of Grand Chute-Appleton Sch	19.41263	79.12	94.83%
Tn of Greenville-Hortonville Sch	16.60924	78.55	98.18%
Tn of Harrison-Kimberly Sch/Darb SD	18.663165	86.88	98.51%
Tn of Kaukauna-Kaukauna Sch	16.36900	77.49	88.11%
Tn of Menasha-Neenah Sch/SD	20.52042	76.67	102.76%
Tn of Neenah-Neenah Sch	16.72777	76.67	100.54%
Tn of Vandenbroek-2011 Revaluation	17.13485	77.49	89.03%

¹Per every $1,000 of assessed value. Tax rates may vary depending on exact location, sanitary and school districts.

Source: Evans Title Companies Tax Rate Information For 2010

Economic Indicators

Building Permits 2010

Total Permits
3,538

Total Value
$226,255,138

New Homes
420

Total Value
$75,427,904

Multiple Units
41

Total Value
$18,840,672

Additions & Alterations
2449

Total Value
$18,252,246

Commercial & Industrial
628

Total Value
$106,740,442

Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce
Updated 07/14/11

Employment

Major Area Employers

EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI Combined SA 2010

	Number of Employees	Percent of Employees
Construction Mining	10,700	5.3%
Manufacturing	44,900	22.2%
Trade, Transportation, Utilities	35,500	17.5%
Information	3,500	1.7%
Financial Activities	10,900	5.4%
Professional Business Services	21,700	10.7%
Educational Health Services	26,000	12.9%
Leisure Hospitality	17,600	8.7%
Other Services, exc. Public	12,500	6.2%
Government	19,000	9.4%

Updated 07/14/11

Annual Average Employment Statistics

	1980	1990	Percent Change 1980-90	2000	Percent Change 1990-2000	2010	Percent Change 2000-10
Labor Force	154,300	189,941	23.1%	207,496	9.2%	217,142	4.5%
Employment	143,700	182,968	27.3%	201,696	10.2%	201,382	-0.3%
Unemployment	10,600	6,973	-34.2%	5,800	-16.8%	15,760
Unemployment Rate	6.90%	3.7%		2.8%		7.4%

Source: http://worknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/dalaus.aspx?menuselection=da

Updated 07/14/11

Industry

Appleton Metro
Dec.2008

Appleton Metro
Avg.2010 Emp.

Neenah-Oshkosh
Dec.2008

Neenah-Oshkosh
Avg.2010
Emp.

Total Nonfarm
117,100

115,500

93,200

92,800

Total Private
104,800

102,900

79,800

80,000

Goods Producing
29,100

27,900

26,400

27,600

Service Providing
88,000

87,600

66,800

65,200

Private Service
Producing
75,700

75,000

53,400

52,400

Nat. Res., Mining
& Construct
8,100

7,400

3,100

3,300

Manufacturing
21,000

20,600

23,300

24,300

Durable Goods
8,600

8,600

12,100

13,100

Nondurable Goods
12,400

12,000

11,200

11,100

Trade, Trans. &
Utilities
22,700

22,100

15,200

13,400

Wholesale Trade
4,400

5,000

3,100

2,800

Retail Trade
15,300

13,600

8,300

7,400

Trans.,
Warehouse &
Utilities
3,000

3,500

3,800

3,100

Information
1,900

2,000

1,800

1,500

Financial
Activities
8,300

7,200

3,700

3,700

Professional &
Business Service
13,600

12,000

9,500

9,700

Educational &
Health Services
12,300

13,900

12,600

12,100

Health Care &
Social Assist.
11,800

12,100

11,300

11,300

Leisure and
Hospitality
10,800

11,000

6,300

6,600

Other Services,
exc. Public
6,300

7,000

4,300

5,500

Government
12,300

12,600

13,400

12,800

Federal
Government
600

700

500

500

State Government
300

300

5,400

4,800

Local
Government
11,400

11,500

7,500

7,500

Source: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development,Bureau of Workforce Training - Labor Market Information, http://WORKnet.Wisconsin.gov, Query Results Created on 9/21/11

Request our Free Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and Greenville Relocation Package. It's packed full of useful and important information about the Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and Greenville, Wisconsin area. Don't move here without it! Remember: we'll send it to you for free and without obligation. Just fill out the form and we will send it right out...

Want the inside scoop on the local economy? It's our job to know! Ask us any question. Or request our FREE Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and Greenville relocation package. We promise to get back to you quickly...

	About You
* Your Name:
* Your Email Address:
Your Street Address:
City:
State/Province:
Country:
Zip/Postal Code:
Phone:
	About Your Move
When Are You Moving?
Where Are You Moving?
	About Your Home Search
Your Price Range?
Number Of Bedrooms?
Number Of Bathrooms?
Home Size In Square Feet?
	About Your Home
Your Preferred Selling Price?
Number Of Bedrooms?
Number Of Bathrooms?
Home Size In Square Feet?
	Additional Info
Please Enter More Details, Along With Any Comments, Concerns, Or Questions:
Send Latest Listings:	What is this?
Send Latest News:	What is this?

*Please note that fields marked with an asterisk are required.

Quick Response Guarantee >
Your Privacy Is Guaranteed >
Free & Without Obligation >

Real Estate Tips

Investment Real Estate >Investment Property Exchanges

When you buy an investment property, there are two important financial goals to consider. You will want a property capable of producing rental income. When you sell, you hope that the property will have appreciated enough that you will earn a good profit on your investment. If your property has enjoyed a healthy appreciation, you may need to do some careful planning to avoid paying out most of your profits in the form of capital gains taxes.

When selling your primary residence, you may be able to defer your capital gains taxes when you buy your next home. This does not apply, however, to investment property. If you sell one property then purchase another, the taxes will be due for the year the sale occurred. On the other hand, if you arrange to trade one property for another, you may be able to defer the capital gains tax.

It is not as complicated as it sounds! Many real estate agents and attorneys specialize in helping their clients put these kind of transactions together. You don't have to trade buildings with the people buying your property. The property you trade may belong to a third party, and your buyers need only cooperate with the closing attorney to make the transaction work.

	See All Tips In The "Investment Real Estate" Category >
	See Complete Library Of Hundreds Of Tips In 30+ Categories >

Real Estate Trivia

Q	Where will you find the world's largest indoor waterfall?
A	The lobby of the International Center in Detroit, Michigan has a waterfall of 114 feet, backed by 9,000 square feet of marble.
See More Real Estate Trivia >

Karl Volkman, REALTORŽ, real estate agent and broker for Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and Greenville, Wisconsin home listings, property and land for sale - NUMBER1EXPERT

Karl Volkman
Coldwell Banker-The Real Estate Group, Inc.
1050 North Lynndale Drive
Appleton, WI 54914
Cell: 920-450-9400
Office: 920-993-7311
Fax: 920-968-1167
Email: karl@karlvolkman.com
No Gimmicks, No Cookie Cutter Promises - A Unique & Personal Conversation About Your Future Based on 3 Decades of Real Estate Experience, 8th Consecutive Year -#1 Coldwell Banker Agent/Group in the state of Wisconsin & #1 Agent/Group for Coldwell Banker-The Real Estate Group, Inc.

www.KarlVolkman.com is brought to you by Karl Volkman, real estate for
Appleton, Neenah, Menasha and Greenville, Wisconsin

Read Karl Volkman's Privacy Guarantee, Terms of Service, and Free & Without Obligation Pledge