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Wausau, WI Urban Area

76,386 Population
48.7 square miles 1,567.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,551 ±$3,626 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$66,583 ±$5,248 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.4% ±4% (10,129  ±3,058) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.1 minutes ±0.7 (609,920  ±29,174) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

34,006 ±1,196 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (75,176  ±3,203) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.6% ±3.3% (1,218  ±616) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

35,231 ±1,072 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$185,700 ±$14,878 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.5% ±3.3% (11,674  ±2,530) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.2% ±5% (49,972  ±3,274.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.8% ±3% (15,071  ±1,705) 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

6.5% ±1.6% (4,963  ±1,247) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±1.4% (3,646  ±823) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,646 Total veterans ±823 3,259 Male ±783 387 Female ±259

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