Appleton, WI housing supply, ownership, and rent

The published evidence provides the starting point: Appleton, WI's current ACS housing baseline includes 32,221 total housing units, 31,030 occupied units, and 1,191 vacant units. Those counts can still help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 1,191 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. For borrower planning, reading 32,221 total units with 31,030 occupied and 1,191 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.

Vacant units in Appleton, WI decreased from 1,223 in the prior ACS period to 1,191 in the current release, a reported movement of 2.6%. In the current housing stock, 1,191 units equal 3.7% of the 32,221 total. ACS vacancy covers several statuses, so the 3.7% share cannot be read as the share of homes a buyer can purchase today or the share of rentals immediately available. For the decision at hand, the movement from 1,223 to 1,191 may still prompt better questions about current for-sale and rental inventory in Appleton, WI, provided those questions are answered with timely listing and property data instead of the survey count alone.