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Altoona city, Eau Claire County, WI

8,750 Population
5 square miles 1,761.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Eau Claire County: 35.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,968 ±$4,224 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Eau Claire County: $40,845 ±$1,572
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$80,126 ±$5,923 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Eau Claire County: $71,834 ±$2,447
  • a little higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10.9% ±4.1% (931  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Eau Claire County: 11.5% 11,821 (±1.1% / ±1,117)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

17.2 minutes ±1.6 (68,010  ±9,370) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Eau Claire County: 17.7 890,400 (±0.7 / ±38,849)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

3,635 ±252 Number of households
  • Eau Claire County: 43,261 ±422
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.4 ±0.2 (8,616  ±44) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Eau Claire County: 2.4 102,347 (±0 / ±71)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

2.2% ±2.1% (41  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Eau Claire County: 4.5% † 1,206 (±0.8% / ±212)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

3,834 ±281 Number of housing units
  • Eau Claire County: 45,818 ±66
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$220,900 ±$19,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Eau Claire County: $242,400 ±$5,419
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

19.3% ±6.7% (1,678  ±584.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 18.6% 19,559 (±1.3% / ±1,402.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

97.2% ±8.7% (5,698  ±570.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Eau Claire County: 96% 65,491 (±2.5% / ±1,717.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
41.7% ±5.9% (2,445  ±365) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 35.7% 24,324 (±1.5% / ±1,031.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

0.2% ±0.3% (17  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Eau Claire County: 3.2% 3,354
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.5% ±3.1% (571  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Eau Claire County: 6.5% † 5,523 (±0.7% / ±571)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
571 Total veterans ±212 553 Male ±210 18 Female ±20

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