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Wausau, WI Urban Area

77,888 Population
48.8 square miles 1,597.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,056 ±$2,462 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$76,463 ±$7,660 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.9% ±2.1% (5,284  ±1,634) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17 minutes ±0.6 (602,735  ±29,393) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

34,259 ±1,751 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.2 (76,578  ±3,179) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.8% ±5.1% (1,149  ±876) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

36,259 ±1,455 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$218,300 ±$18,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.5% ±2.8% (7,309  ±2,178.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.7% ±5.3% (52,884  ±3,699.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.5% ±3.3% (16,299  ±1,950.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

6.4% ±2.1% (4,976  ±1,623) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±2.3% (3,748  ±1,456) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,748 Total veterans ±1,456 3,659 Male ±1,450 89 Female ±106

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