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Wausau School District, WI

55,819 Population
254.8 square miles 219 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Marathon County: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,833 ±$1,541 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Marathon County: $41,413 ±$924
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,163 ±$3,666 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marathon County: $77,884 ±$2,218
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±1.6% (6,505  ±882) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marathon County: 8.7% 11,887 (±0.8% / ±1,112)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17 minutes ±0.6 (396,460  ±21,622) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marathon County: 19.1 1,185,425 (±0.4 / ±30,951)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,606 ±466 Number of households
  • Marathon County: 57,866 ±405
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (54,852  ±587) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Marathon County: 2.4 136,728 (±0 / ±50)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±1.6% (752  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marathon County: 5.6% † 1,605 (±0.9% / ±268)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,083 ±485 Number of housing units
  • Marathon County: 60,910 ±126
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,300 ±$6,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marathon County: $219,600 ±$3,992
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±1.7% (7,428  ±938.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Marathon County: 10.6% 14,463 (±0.9% / ±1,193.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±2.9% (36,559  ±1,296.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marathon County: 93.3% 90,664 (±1.8% / ±1,707.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.4% ±1.8% (12,706  ±746.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marathon County: 28.1% 27,298 (±1% / ±932)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 90 percent 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

6.1% ±1.1% (3,383  ±620) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marathon County: 4.3% 6,009
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±1% (3,079  ±425) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Marathon County: 6.8% 7,241 (±0.5% / ±536)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,079 Total veterans ±425 2,865 Male ±405 214 Female ±89

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