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Wausau, WI Metro Area

139,091 Population
1,545.2 square miles 90 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,978 ±$1,760 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,721 ±$3,956 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.7% ±1.5% (9,265  ±2,029) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19 minutes ±1 (1,195,785  ±77,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

58,649 ±1,357 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (137,434  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±3.1% (1,556  ±913) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,713 ±55 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$243,500 ±$11,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.7% ±1.7% (10,628  ±2,337.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.9% ±4% (93,678  ±4,047) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28% ±2.2% (27,621  ±2,187.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of 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

4.4% (6,053  ±1,458) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±1.4% (6,795  ±1,482) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,795 Total veterans ±1,482 6,421 Male ±1,481 374 Female ±200

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