Altoona vs Eau Claire

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Eau Claire: population, income, housing, and more.

Altoona and Eau Claire are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eau Claire has the higher population (69,274 vs 8,750 in Altoona). Altoona has the higher median household income ($80,126 vs $65,369 in Eau Claire). Eau Claire has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $220,900 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Eau Claire
Population	8,750	69,274
Median age	36.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,126	$65,369
Median home value	$220,900	$228,000
Median gross rent	$1,157	$971
Housing units	3,834	30,610
Homeownership rate	55.3%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Eau Claire
Population	7,625 → 8,750 (+14.8%)	68,187 → 69,274 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$55,571 → $80,126 (+44.2%)	$55,477 → $65,369 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $220,900 (+40.2%)	$155,000 → $228,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,157 (+48.7%)	$835 → $971 (+16.3%)

Altoona

Population

7,6258,750

Median household income

$55,571$80,126

Median home value

$157,600$220,900

Median gross rent

$778$1,157

Eau Claire

Population

68,18769,274

Median household income

$55,477$65,369

Median home value

$155,000$228,000

Median gross rent

$835$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Eau Claire
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	20.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.6%
75 and over	7.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Eau Claire
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	85.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Eau Claire
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	22.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Eau Claire
Drove alone	77.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.7%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	12.8%	10.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Eau Claire
1-unit, detached	44.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	11.6%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Eau Claire
Poverty rate	10.9%	14.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1988	1974