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Wausau, WI

39,893 Population
19.2 square miles 2,074.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,290 ±$1,813 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $39,970 ±$776
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$61,877 ±$4,135 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $76,185 ±$2,620
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

14.4% ±2.1% (5,640  ±829) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 8.9% 12,159 (±0.7% / ±962)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

15.5 minutes ±0.6 (262,490  ±13,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 19.3 1,210,725 (±0.4 / ±31,858)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

17,411 ±426 Number of households
  • the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 56,873 ±432
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.2 ±0.1 (38,924  ±82) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 2.4 136,408 (±0 / ±55)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

6.6% ±2% (605  ±182) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 5.3% † 1,531 (±0.9% / ±244)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

18,774 ±396 Number of housing units
  • the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 60,296 ±127
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$155,900 ±$6,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $205,500 ±$4,043
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

17.8% ±2.5% (7,000  ±997.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 11.1% 15,171 (±1% / ±1,348.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

92% ±3.4% (25,482  ±1,061.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 93.1% 89,883 (±1.7% / ±1,676.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
30% ±2.1% (8,316  ±597.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 27.3% 26,333 (±1% / ±954.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

7.1% ±1.3% (2,811  ±501) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 4.2% 5,742
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.5% ±1% (2,002  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 7.1% 7,625 (±0.5% / ±512)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
2,002 Total veterans ±316 1,776 Male ±298 226 Female ±107

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