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Wausau, WI Metro Area

138,612 Population
1,545.2 square miles 89.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,621 ±$2,277 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$74,141 ±$2,800 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.2% ±2.3% (14,021  ±3,096) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.3 minutes ±1.1 (1,199,220  ±83,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

58,104 ±865 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (137,101  ±68) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6% ±2.3% (1,765  ±679) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

60,979 ±60 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$215,700 ±$10,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.9% ±2% (14,857  ±2,732.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.9% ±3.9% (90,821  ±3,817.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
27.9% ±2.1% (27,304  ±2,035.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

4.3% ±17,253.7% (5,967  ±1,220) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.9% ±0.9% (6,311  ±940) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,311 Total veterans ±940 5,682 Male ±875 629 Female ±290

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