Property Tax & Income in Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Outagamie County has an effective property tax rate of 1.37%. On the median home value of $267,300, that's roughly $3,668 per year. Median household income is $85,069.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Outagamie County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.37% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $267,300 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 7.65% | top rate 7.65% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.72% combined | 5.72% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Outagamie County, WI
Outagamie County's effective property tax rate of 1.372% sits just above Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362%, a difference small enough that homeowners in Appleton and the surrounding communities pay roughly what others across the state do. The county ranks 34th of 72 Wisconsin counties, placing it squarely in the middle of the pack. Against the national median of 0.794%, though, the gap widens considerably — the rate here is nearly double what a typical American county levies. That contrast reflects Wisconsin's broader reliance on property taxes compared with much of the country. A median home value of $267,300 generates an annual tax bill of $3,668, while median household income of $85,069 and per-capita income of $47,256 provide the economic backdrop against which those bills come due.