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Eau Claire city, Eau Claire County, WI

69,963 Population
29.9 square miles 2,336.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Eau Claire County: 36 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,786 ±$5,197 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Eau Claire County: $43,446 ±$3,662
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$68,945 ±$10,248 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Eau Claire County: $78,289 ±$7,144
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.7% ±2.7% (7,652  ±1,781) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 10.7% † 11,086 (±1.8% / ±1,886)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.6 minutes ±1 (556,440  ±36,803) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Eau Claire County: 17.9 907,075 (±0.7 / ±39,378)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,903 ±937 Number of households
  • Eau Claire County: 47,501 ±543
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (65,500  ±125) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Eau Claire County: 2.2 103,833 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±1.1% (773  ±205) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Eau Claire County: 4.1% † 1,112 (±0.8% / ±223)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

32,498 ±924 Number of housing units
  • Eau Claire County: 48,904 ±58
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$282,900 ±$11,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Eau Claire County: $295,200 ±$12,162
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

22.7% ±4.4% (15,726  ±3,075.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 18% † 19,375 (±3.1% / ±3,300)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.5% ±7% (43,384  ±3,450.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Eau Claire County: 95.3% 68,122 (±5.3% / ±3,918.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
40.2% ±4.7% (18,097  ±2,202.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 38.2% 27,310 (±3.4% / ±2,481.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.2% ±1.8% (2,951  ±1,238) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 3.7% 3,979
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±1.3% (2,139  ±744) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Eau Claire County: 4.3% † 3,798 (±1% / ±897)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,139 Total veterans ±744 2,059 Male ±726 80 Female ±134

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