Appleton city, Swift County

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	2,871
Median Age	38.8
Male Population	2,028
Female Population	843
Ethnicity: White	1,956
Ethnicity: Black or African American	308
Ethnicity: Asian	144
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	139
Total Households	729

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent Employed[3]	25.3%
Percent Unemployed[4]	1.4%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	86.7%
Drove alone	72.6%
Carpooled	14.1%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	0
Walked	8.5%
Bicycle	1.3%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	0.5%
Worked at home	3.1%
Worked in county of residence	466
Worked outside county of residence	170
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	12.2 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	860
Occupied Housing Units	84.8%
Vacant Housing Units	8.9%
For Rent	44.3%
Rented, not occupied	7.6%
For sale only	25.2%
Sold, not occupied	0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	5.3%
All other vacants	17.6%
Homeowner vacancy rate	6.4
Rental vacancy rate	19.0

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	8.2
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	15.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	33.5
Some college, no degree	24.9
Associate’s degree	8.4
Bachelor’s degree	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	2.8
High school graduate or higher	76.1
Bachelor’s degree or higher	9.3

Land Values[8]
Total acres	193
Total estimated value	136,700
Estimated value per acre	708

Soils Data[9]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
1,238	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,280
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
1,250	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,280

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
3	0	34	42	397	430	225	89	8	52	1,280
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,280

Wind and water erosion tables reflect the number of acres with the above listed tonnage of erosion per acre.

Crop production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed crop growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for farming.

Aspen production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed aspen growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for growing aspen trees or forests.

Property Taxes[10]
	Taxable Market Value	Local Net Tax Capacity
Farm Homestead	15,164	77
Farm Non Homestead	254,494	2,967
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Residential Homestead	16,762,968	163,560
Residential Non Homestead	2,743,371	36,214
Apartments	1,257,918	16,852
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Commercial	27,583,981	875,447
Industrial	58,941	1,374
Utilities	85,879	2,817
Railroads	239,056	7,041
Other	0	0
Personal	1,762,628	56,753
Total	50,764,400	1,163,103

[2] Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Employment Dynamics, All NAICS Sectors

[7] American Community Survey, population 25 years and over