Eau Claire, WI (Wisconsin) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 65,426 (Urban population: 65,037, Rural population: 389 (all nonfarm))

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 24,753 (23,911 occupied: 13,727 owner occupied, 10,184 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	43%
State:	32%

Housing density: 817 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $192,670.

Median contract rent in 2007: $503 (lower quartile is $367, upper quartile is $611)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $573

Median gross rent in Eau Claire, WI in 2007: $606

Housing units in Eau Claire with a mortgage: 8,265 (988 second mortgage, 1,230 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,166

Eau Claire,WI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $134,875 (it was $91,700 in 2000)

Eau Claire:	$134,875
Wisconsin:	$168,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $104,456 - $175,677

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $152,193
Here: $152,193
State: $215,427

Townhouses or other attached units: $142,130
Here: $142,130
State: $196,806

In 2-unit structures: $86,047
Here: $86,047
State: $167,968

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $101,718
Here: $101,718
State: $190,048

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $22,758
Here: $22,758
State: $174,098

Mobile homes: $18,202
Here: $18,202
State: $36,669

Household type by relationship

Households: 56,873

In family households: 41,470 (10,666 male householders, 2,966 female householders)
10,897 spouses, 14,902 children (13,806 natural, 484 adopted, 612 stepchildren), 348 grandchildren, 343 brothers or sisters, 96 parents, 348 other relatives, 904 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 15,403 (4,548 male householders (2,866 living alone)), 5,817 female householders (4,325 living alone)), 5,038 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,643 (766 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,219 2-persons, 3,028 3-persons, 2,732 4-persons, 1,102 5-persons, 322 6-persons, 229 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,191 1-person, 2,088 2-persons, 637 3-persons, 326 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons.

9,515 married couples with children.
3,073 single-parent households (579 men, 2,494 women).

93.3% of residents of Eau Claire speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (43% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,674 (2.7%)
(43.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Eau Claire, Wisconsin:
	1 room: 18 2 rooms: 46 3 rooms: 205 4 rooms: 1,213 5 rooms: 3,078 6 rooms: 3,276 7 rooms: 2,220 8 rooms: 1,782 9 or more rooms: 1,889

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Eau Claire, Wisconsin:
	1 room: 362 2 rooms: 932 3 rooms: 2,142 4 rooms: 3,010 5 rooms: 2,039 6 rooms: 951 7 rooms: 442 8 rooms: 189 9 or more rooms: 117

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 608
1995 to 1998: 1,649
1990 to 1994: 1,581
1980 to 1989: 2,975
1970 to 1979: 4,721
1960 to 1969: 2,463
1950 to 1959: 3,073
1940 to 1949: 2,196
1939 or earlier: 5,487

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Eau Claire:
	no bedroom: 38 1 bedroom: 318 2 bedrooms: 3,257 3 bedrooms: 6,958 4 bedrooms: 2,748 5 or more bedrooms: 408

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Eau Claire:
	no bedroom: 463 1 bedroom: 2,938 2 bedrooms: 4,478 3 bedrooms: 1,598 4 bedrooms: 529 5 or more bedrooms: 178

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Eau Claire in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 483 1 vehicle: 3,968 2 vehicles: 6,688 3 vehicles: 1,999 4 vehicles: 508 5 or more vehicles: 81

Cars and other vehicles available in Eau Claire in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,276 1 vehicle: 4,426 2 vehicles: 3,145 3 vehicles: 857 4 vehicles: 312 5 or more vehicles: 168

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Eau Claire, WI:

Less than $10,000: 133
$10,000 to $14,999: 66
$15,000 to $19,999: 59
$20,000 to $24,999: 47
$25,000 to $29,999: 40
$30,000 to $34,999: 52
$35,000 to $39,999: 34
$40,000 to $49,999: 76
$50,000 to $59,999: 211
$60,000 to $69,999: 300
$70,000 to $79,999: 417
$80,000 to $89,999: 536
$90,000 to $99,999: 791
$100,000 to $124,999: 3152
$125,000 to $149,999: 3170
$150,000 to $174,999: 1587
$175,000 to $199,999: 1229
$200,000 to $249,999: 1339
$250,000 to $299,999: 632
$300,000 to $399,999: 430
$400,000 to $499,999: 123
$500,000 to $749,999: 94
$750,000 to $999,999: 14
$1,000,000 or more: 23

Eau Claire rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Eau Claire:

Less than $100: 86 people
$100 to $149: 121
$150 to $199: 244
$200 to $249: 389
$250 to $299: 602
$300 to $349: 759
$350 to $399: 769
$400 to $449: 989
$450 to $499: 1,254
$500 to $549: 1,155
$550 to $599: 1,061
$600 to $649: 848
$650 to $699: 670
$700 to $749: 478
$750 to $799: 267
$800 to $899: 325
$900 to $999: 274
$1,000 to $1,249: 186
$1,250 to $1,499: 70
$1,500 to $1,999: 29
$2,000 or more: 19
No cash rent: 176

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 386 1990 to 1994: 252 1985 to 1989: 322 1980 to 1984: 261 1975 to 1979: 181 1970 to 1974: 25 1970 to 1974: 70 1965 to 1969: 177

Eau Claire, WI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 81.8%
Number of people working at home: 775 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1700
5 to 9 minutes: 7016
10 to 14 minutes: 9687
15 to 19 minutes: 6857
20 to 24 minutes: 2545
25 to 29 minutes: 1048
30 to 34 minutes: 1312
35 to 39 minutes: 188
40 to 44 minutes: 237
45 to 59 minutes: 469
60 to 89 minutes: 467
90 or more minutes: 420

Eau Claire mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 25,973 (79%)
Carpooled: 2,786 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 476 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 24 (0%)
Taxi: 47 (0%)
Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
Bicycle: 236 (1%)
Walked: 2,206 (7%)
Other means: 182 (1%)
Worked at home: 775 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1940
$10,000 to $14,999: 1822
$15,000 to $19,999: 1754
$20,000 to $24,999: 2116
$25,000 to $29,999: 2040
$30,000 to $34,999: 1749
$35,000 to $39,999: 1743
$40,000 to $44,999: 1504
$45,000 to $49,999: 1258
$50,000 to $59,999: 2247
$60,000 to $74,999: 2571
$75,000 to $99,999: 1873
$100,000 to $124,999: 622
$125,000 to $149,999: 267
$150,000 to $199,999: 219
$200,000 or more: 272

First ancestries reported:

German: 18595

Norwegian: 11537

Irish: 4006

Other groups: 3760

English: 2193

Polish: 2172

United States or American: 1667

Swedish: 1278

Italian: 1128

French (except Basque): 985

Czech: 560

French Canadian: 512

Danish: 471

Dutch: 408

Austrian: 366

European: 347

Scottish: 328

Swiss: 313

Scotch-Irish: 288

Finnish: 282

Scandinavian: 179

Greek: 130

Welsh: 122

Czechoslovakian: 119

Belgian: 115

Russian: 95

Arab:: 94

Hungarian: 85

British: 73

Subsaharan African:: 66

Canadian: 63

African: 58

Yugoslavian: 57

Lithuanian: 53

Egyptian: 52

Slovene: 49

Slovak: 49

Croatian: 46

Australian: 41

Northern European: 39

Latvian: 31

Slavic: 28

Ukrainian: 28

Lebanese: 26

Celtic: 22

Portuguese: 20

Albanian: 19

Iranian: 19

Arab/Arabic: 10

Macedonian: 9

Pennsylvania German: 9

Israeli: 8

Nigerian: 8

Icelander: 8

Luxemburger: 7

Syrian: 6

Bulgarian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Laos (31%)
Thailand (12%)
Korea (6%)
Philippines (5%)
Vietnam (5%)
Canada (4%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 43300
Northeast: 893
Midwest: 11806
South: 1533
West: 2042

46% of Eau Claire residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Wisconsin.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 142
Nursery to 4th grade: 8
5th and 6th grade: 52
7th and 8th grade: 472
9th grade: 91
10th grade: 233
11th grade: 183
12th grade, no diploma: 381
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,814
Less than 1 year of college: 1,110
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,386
Associate degree: 1,419
Bachelor's degree: 3,289
Master's degree: 1,001
Professional school degree: 472
Doctorate degree: 293

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 188
Nursery to 4th grade: 8
5th and 6th grade: 95
7th and 8th grade: 569
9th grade: 88
10th grade: 290
11th grade: 267
12th grade, no diploma: 275
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,677
Less than 1 year of college: 1,299
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,635
Associate degree: 1,837
Bachelor's degree: 3,647
Master's degree: 938
Professional school degree: 218
Doctorate degree: 114

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.9%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 16.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 32.7%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 14.9%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 8.4%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 4.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $40,504
Black householders: $12,466
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $17,525
Asian householders: $43,646
Some other race householders: $36,673
Two or more races householders: $27,906
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $54,365

Eau Claire household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Eau Claire household income for Two or more races householders

Eau Claire household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Eau Claire marital status for males

Eau Claire marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $136,934
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $191,943
Asian householders: $128,992
Two or more races householders: $104,870
Hispanic or Latino householders: $125,020

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 14,237
One, attached: 994
Two: 3,025
3 or 4: 2,313
5 to 9: 1,495
10 to 19: 647
20 to 49: 747
50 or more: 743
Mobile homes: 552

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,526

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Eau Claire:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (72%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (44%) Utility gas (43%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 769

Here:	13.0%
Wisconsin:	16.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 341

Here:	10.1%
Wisconsin:	9.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 174

Here:	1.7%
Wisconsin:	18.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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