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Hortonville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $335K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Appleton metro’s $86K median household income. It grades A overall, 53rd among Wisconsin's 357 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $82K. Hortonville Community Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 184 Wisconsin towns, just 9 have a lower property crime rate than Hortonville.
Where Hortonville beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Hortonville Elementary | PK–4 | 461 |
| Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran School | PK–7 | 74 |
| Hortonville Middle | 5–8 | 464 |
Hortonville Community Hall2,711 counted in 2010 and 3,028 in 2020; an estimated 3,340 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 10.2% since 2020, after 11.7% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Hortonville is from typical.
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Census counts: 311 in 1880, 3,028 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1969 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hortonville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Hortonville.
Hortonville pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and trades workers with Appleton and other neighbors.
Its A− for schools comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $335K.
Its public schools are run by the Hortonville Area School District. Three of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hortonville High, with 1,323 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hortonville MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 464 | A− |
| Hortonville HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,323 | B− |
| Fox West AcademyTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 65 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hortonville has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 9° and about 46 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hortonville has about as many jobs (1,368) as working residents, but only 75 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Hortonville for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Hortonville has added 204 jobs, to 1,368 in 2023. 4.4% of Hortonville residents live below the poverty line, below both Wisconsin’s towns (6.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Hortonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.8% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hortonville's reported crime rate is well below Wisconsin's. At 0.3 per 1,000 residents, Hortonville’s violent crime rate is below both the Wisconsin town median (1.1) and the median of U.S. towns (1.7). Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Hortonville beats the Wisconsin average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 22% of adults binge drink in Hortonville.
| Hortonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 32% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hortonville | WI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.5% | 9.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 22.4% | 19% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Wisconsin average. Hortonville has grown 10% since 2020, to 3,340 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The median age in Hortonville is 44.4 years.
| Hortonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.4 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 32% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.4 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 81% are men (WI 51%).
| Hortonville | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.3% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.3% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.7% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.8% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.6% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.2% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
0.6 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Hortonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hortonville Baseball Daimonds | — | 11 |
| 2. Alonzo Park | — | 10 |
| 3. Commercial Club Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hortonville’s median rent is $851 a month. The typical Hortonville home is worth about $335,000, up 4.3% in a year, close to the Wisconsin typical home.
| Hortonville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $851 a month | $1,080 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hortonville
About 4 of every 100 Hortonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
4 notable people were born in Hortonville.
Village in Wisconsin, United States
Hortonville is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,028 at the 2020 census. Hortonville is in the Fox Cities region and the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI CSA, Wisconsin's third-largest metropolitan area.
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2 towns share a border with Hortonville.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hortonville | #53 | A | B | — | A− | B |
| Hortonia | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Ellington | #132 | A− | B | — | A− | B+ |
Hortonia has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hortonville, Hortonia and Ellington report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hortonville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Hortonville grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #53 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
4 notable people were born here, including Gerald Nye and Charlie Nagreen.
