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Eau Claire, WI

70,469 Population
34.3 square miles 2,052.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,176 ±$3,378 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: $40,128 ±$2,332
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
$68,221 ±$9,202 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: $75,183 ±$5,578
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774

12.7% ±2.7% (8,509  ±1,803) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 9.7% † 16,255 (±1.4% / ±2,427)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)

16.4 minutes ±1 (556,590  ±36,453) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 19.6 1,560,965 (±0.5 / ±48,768)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

30,280 ±1,178 Number of households
  • the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 72,615 ±1,290
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
2.2 ±0.1 (66,734  ±993) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 2.3 167,456 (±0 / ±173)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,773,894

6.5% ±3.4% (1,294  ±695) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 5.4% † 2,241 (±2% / ±831)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)

Housing

31,626 ±1,041 Number of housing units
  • the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 76,796 ±89
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291

$257,800 ±$11,931 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: $265,700 ±$7,717
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737

24.9% ±4.4% (17,278  ±3,079.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 15.7% † 27,103 (±2% / ±3,520.2)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)

Social

95.2% ±6.6% (42,369  ±3,243.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 95.4% 112,605 (±3.9% / ±4,692.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
33.8% ±4.1% (15,042  ±1,871.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 30.7% 36,233 (±2.4% / ±2,784.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 33.8% 1,389,399 (±0.4% / ±14,983.8)

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

2.4% ±1% (1,699  ±707) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 1.8% 3,061
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 307,899

6.5% ±1.8% (3,795  ±1,061) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 6.8% † 9,522 (±1% / ±1,430)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
3,795 Total veterans ±1,061 3,413 Male ±965 382 Female ±322

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