Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 93,442 87.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,384 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,308 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4,424 4.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,785 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 203 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 138 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 432 0.4%

• Under 18 21,207 19.8%
• 18–24 16,987 15.9%
• 25–44 27,472 25.6%
• 45–64 23,272 21.7%
• 65 and over 18,178 17.0%

Median household income

$77,827

90% interval $72,214–$83,440

+$270 vs WI · 22nd of 72

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 9.2%–12.4%

+0.5 pp vs WI · 30th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.4B

1.86% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,778

Establishments

3,350

• Education & health services 16,697 28.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 12,743 21.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,883 11.7%
• Professional & business services 6,736 11.5%
• Manufacturing 4,792 8.2%
• Financial activities 2,344 4.0%
• Construction 2,157 3.7%
• Public administration 1,877 3.2%
• Other services 1,711 2.9%
• Information 563 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 130 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 96.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.0%

−6.8 pp vs WI · 70th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,064

−$23 vs WI · 12th of 72

Owner-occupied

27,299

Renter-occupied

17,427

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $83,068/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,870/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 34,400 54.6%
• Republican 27,728 44.0%
• Other / third-party 875 1.4%

• Spanish 2,328 2.3%
• German or other West Germanic 1,002 1.0%
• Chinese 463 0.5%
• Korean 175 0.2%
• Vietnamese 121 0.1%
• Tagalog 119 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 116 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 116 0.1%
• Arabic 41 0.0%

Households

44,726

Family households

25,761

57.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,605

29.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,800

7.0% of families

Veterans

4,984

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,855 14.1%
• Catholic 13,800 13.1%
• Mainline Protestant 12,319 11.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,581 2.4%

Health insured

93.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±0.7 pp

20th of 72

With a disability

13.0%

±1 pp

37th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

36.8%

±1.6 pp

+3.4 pp vs WI · 6th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.9%

90% interval 5.2%–6.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Eau Claire County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)

Judges

22 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)

Court seats

Eau Claire

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

11.64 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9