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Washington town, Eau Claire County, WI

7,593 Population
52.8 square miles 143.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Eau Claire County: 35.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,465 ±$8,509 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Eau Claire County: $42,733 ±$1,521
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,984 ±$14,835 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Eau Claire County: $74,546 ±$2,663
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±1.3% (210  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Eau Claire County: 11.8% 12,171 (±1.1% / ±1,136)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±2.2 (61,370  ±10,062) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Eau Claire County: 17.9 907,075 (±0.7 / ±39,378)
  • about 80 percent 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

2,985 ±225 Number of households
  • Eau Claire County: 44,726 ±387
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (7,509  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Eau Claire County: 2.3 102,953 (±0 / ±75)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1% ±1.6% (17  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Eau Claire County: 4.1% † 1,112 (±0.8% / ±223)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,046 ±218 Number of housing units
  • Eau Claire County: 46,936 ±74
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$367,300 ±$34,390 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Eau Claire County: $261,000 ±$5,656
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±5% (848  ±375.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Eau Claire County: 17.9% 19,028 (±1.5% / ±1,540.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.6% ±8.8% (5,179  ±556.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 95.9% 66,107 (±2.4% / ±1,714.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
46.5% ±6.2% (2,419  ±353.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 36.8% 25,337 (±1.5% / ±1,029.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 1.3 times 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

3.6% ±2.2% (275  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Eau Claire County: 3.3% 3,572
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±2% (260  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Eau Claire County: 5.8% 4,984 (±0.6% / ±488)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
260 Total veterans ±112 260 Male ±112 N/A Female ±14

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