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Eau Claire, WI

72,382 Population
34.3 square miles 2,108.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,750 ±$5,026 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: $40,588 ±$2,285
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $43,361 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,475 ±$10,767 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: $74,869 ±$4,942
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,488 ±$902
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12% ±2.8% (8,106  ±1,912) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 11.3% † 19,035 (±1.4% / ±2,428)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.3% 601,246 (±0.3% / ±19,433)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.7 minutes ±1 (575,740  ±36,969) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 19.8 1,578,240 (±0.6 / ±54,221)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,784 ±1,017 Number of households
  • the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 76,134 ±665
  • Wisconsin: 2,535,198 ±8,638
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (67,919  ±994) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 2.2 168,580 (±0 / ±173)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,816,268
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±1.1% (845  ±217) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,812 (±0.7% / ±301)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

33,563 ±1,067 Number of housing units
  • the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 78,969 ±86
  • Wisconsin: 2,820,538 ±1,130
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$283,700 ±$11,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: $294,700 ±$8,859
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $294,700 ±$1,862
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.9% ±4.3% (15,726  ±3,075.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 14.5% † 25,222 (±2% / ±3,484.5)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.9% 645,551 (±0.3% / ±19,713.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.6% ±6.7% (44,931  ±3,447.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 95.3% 114,778 (±3.9% / ±4,785)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,910,355 (±0.6% / ±26,933.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
40.5% ±4.5% (18,828  ±2,179.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 33.6% 40,387 (±2.3% / ±2,765.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 34.6% 1,441,896 (±0.4% / ±16,738.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.1% ±1.7% (2,951  ±1,238) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 3% 5,214
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.5% 327,033
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.8% ±1.2% (2,268  ±748) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Eau Claire, WI Metro Area: 5.8% † 8,304 (±0.9% / ±1,340)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.8% 272,410 (±0.1% / ±6,719)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,268 Total veterans ±748 2,143 Male ±728 125 Female ±153

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