ZIP Code 98623

ZIP code 98623 centers on Appleton, where the county-level property tax rate sits at 0.62%. That figure points to a middle-income area, since homeowners here hand over a smaller share of their property's value each year than many parts of the country demand. Sales tax, meanwhile, comes to 7.60% on purchases. Together these rates sketch a place where the cost of living leans toward the working- and middle-class end of the spectrum — neither an affluent enclave with steep levies nor a distressed one. Appleton residents keep more of what they earn on the property side, though everyday spending carries the combined sales rate.