Chipley vs Wausau

A side-by-side comparison of Chipley and Wausau: population, income, housing, and more.

Chipley and Wausau are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chipley has the higher population (3,678 vs 414 in Wausau). Wausau has the higher median household income ($35,750 vs $34,311 in Chipley). Chipley has the higher median home value ($132,800 vs $100,000 in Wausau).

Population, income & housing

	Chipley	Wausau
Population	3,678	414
Median age	33.0 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,311	$35,750
Median home value	$132,800	$100,000
Median gross rent	$819	$806
Housing units	1,823	227
Homeownership rate	66.7%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chipley	Wausau
Population	3,525 → 3,678 (+4.3%)	447 → 414 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $34,311 (+15.6%)	$36,406 → $35,750 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $132,800 (+45.8%)	$86,700 → $100,000 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $819 (+7.9%)	$618 → $806 (+30.4%)

Chipley

Population

3,5253,678

Median household income

$29,688$34,311

Median home value

$91,100$132,800

Median gross rent

$759$819

Wausau

Population

447414

Median household income

$36,406$35,750

Median home value

$86,700$100,000

Median gross rent

$618$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chipley	Wausau
Under 5	12.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	9.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	21.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	25.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	15.9%
75 and over	8.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chipley	Wausau
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	82.4%
Black or African American	27.7%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chipley	Wausau
No high school diploma	17.2%	18.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chipley	Wausau
Drove alone	85.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chipley	Wausau
1-unit, detached	77.9%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	47.6%

Poverty & households

	Chipley	Wausau
Poverty rate	18.4%	32.9%
Average household size	2.20	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1970	1984