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Eau Claire city, Chippewa County, WI

1,979 Population
4.4 square miles 451.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,835 ±$4,390 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chippewa County: $38,156 ±$1,286
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,667 ±$12,160 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chippewa County: $74,680 ±$2,973
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±5.8% (261  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chippewa County: 10.2% † 6,566 (±1.2% / ±761)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±2.9 (19,300  ±5,665) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chippewa County: 23.3 671,165 (±1.2 / ±39,373)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

676 ±105 Number of households
  • Chippewa County: 27,139 ±310
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (1,976  ±376) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chippewa County: 2.4 63,921 (±0 / ±114)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.3% ±12.5% (72  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Chippewa County: 5.2% † 700 (±1.2% / ±159)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

707 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Chippewa County: 29,366 ±147
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$259,700 ±$19,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Chippewa County: $257,900 ±$10,011
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.7% ±9.9% (352  ±197.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chippewa County: 11.8% † 7,795 (±1.4% / ±936.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±1.3% (1,314  ±268.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 93.8% 44,897 (±2.6% / ±1,258.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.4% ±6.2% (359  ±111.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 24.2% 11,606 (±1.3% / ±632.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±1.6% (32  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 1.4% 957
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±4% (123  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chippewa County: 8% † 4,194 (±0.8% / ±421)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
123 Total veterans ±62 103 Male ±53 20 Female ±24

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