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Eau Claire city, Eau Claire County, WI

68,313 Population
29.9 square miles 2,281.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Eau Claire County: 35.7 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,411 ±$3,481 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Eau Claire County: $41,603 ±$3,543
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
$67,419 ±$9,029 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Eau Claire County: $72,563 ±$7,208
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774

12.6% ±2.8% (8,128  ±1,794) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 10.5% † 10,880 (±2% / ±2,122)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)

16.4 minutes ±1 (538,600  ±35,274) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of 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

29,430 ±1,158 Number of households
  • Eau Claire County: 44,769 ±1,089
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
2.2 ±0.1 (64,586  ±206) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Eau Claire County: 2.3 103,565 (±0.1 / ±135)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,773,894

5.7% ±3.4% (1,128  ±675) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Eau Claire County: 5.8% † 1,622 (±2.8% / ±785)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)

Housing

30,776 ±931 Number of housing units
  • Eau Claire County: 47,186 ±76
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291

$257,600 ±$13,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Eau Claire County: $269,000 ±$9,411
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737

25.3% ±4.5% (17,070  ±3,053.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Eau Claire County: 19% † 20,274 (±3% / ±3,229.8)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)

Social

95.2% ±6.8% (40,974  ±3,173.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Eau Claire County: 95.4% 66,504 (±5.3% / ±3,728.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
34.2% ±4.1% (14,721  ±1,819.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Eau Claire County: 34.7% 24,162 (±3.3% / ±2,292.1)
  • 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% (1,619  ±674) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Eau Claire County: 1.8% 1,910
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 307,899

6.4% ±1.9% (3,648  ±1,064) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Eau Claire County: 6.9% † 6,015 (±1.5% / ±1,269)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
3,648 Total veterans ±1,064 3,318 Male ±963 330 Female ±313

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