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Wausau, WI

39,906 Population
19.2 square miles 2,075.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,641 ±$1,988 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $38,317 ±$902
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $40,130 ±$248
$59,259 ±$3,891 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $71,675 ±$1,926
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $72,458 ±$372

13.2% ±2% (5,133  ±768) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 8.7% 14,211 (±0.6% / ±1,044)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 611,661 (±0.1% / ±7,049)

15.1 minutes ±0.4 (263,035  ±12,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 19.6 1,482,835 (±0.3 / ±29,932)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 59,310,420 (±0.1 / ±244,265)

Families

17,300 ±442 Number of households
  • the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 68,710 ±478
  • Wisconsin: 2,425,488 ±4,639
2.2 ±0.1 (38,833  ±58) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 2.4 163,886 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,738,321

6.1% ±1.5% (548  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 5.7% † 1,931 (±0.8% / ±266)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 66,418 (±0.2% / ±1,935)

Housing

18,784 ±394 Number of housing units
  • the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 76,131 ±94
  • Wisconsin: 2,734,511 ±803

$147,000 ±$5,130 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: $189,500 ±$3,369
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $231,400 ±$769

16.7% ±2.2% (6,578  ±,871.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 10.9% 17,995 (±0.8% / ±1,314.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wisconsin: 12.8% 744,560 (±0.2% / ±8,924.6)

Social

91.4% ±3.7% (25,289  ±1,122.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 92.6% 108,793 (±1.6% / ±1,923.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.1% 3,768,426 (±0.3% / ±13,546.5)
31% ±2.3% (8,572  ±,657.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 25.5% 30,002 (±0.9% / ±1,089.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 32% 1,296,273 (±0.2% / ±8,312.6)

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

7.5% ±1.1% (2,983  ±441) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 3.8% 6,242
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 295,367

6.2% ±0.9% (1,912  ±293) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wausau, WI Metro Area: 7.2% 9,329 (±0.4% / ±490)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.7% 308,486 (±0.1% / ±3,191)
1,912 Total veterans ±293 1,727 Male ±279 185 Female ±91

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