Augusta vs Eau Claire

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

Augusta 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 1,381 in Augusta). Eau Claire has the higher median household income ($65,369 vs $50,080 in Augusta). Eau Claire has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $140,100 in Augusta).

Population, income & housing

	Augusta	Eau Claire
Population	1,381	69,274
Median age	37.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,080	$65,369
Median home value	$140,100	$228,000
Median gross rent	$823	$971
Housing units	586	30,610
Homeownership rate	68.4%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Augusta	Eau Claire
Population	1,431 → 1,381 (-3.5%)	68,187 → 69,274 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$49,500 → $50,080 (+1.2%)	$55,477 → $65,369 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$108,800 → $140,100 (+28.8%)	$155,000 → $228,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $823 (+19.4%)	$835 → $971 (+16.3%)

Augusta

Population

1,4311,381

Median household income

$49,500$50,080

Median home value

$108,800$140,100

Median gross rent

$689$823

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)

	Augusta	Eau Claire
Under 5	8.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	20.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.6%
75 and over	10.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Augusta	Eau Claire
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Augusta	Eau Claire
No high school diploma	12.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	46.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Augusta	Eau Claire
Drove alone	81.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Augusta	Eau Claire
1-unit, detached	77.0%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Augusta	Eau Claire
Poverty rate	19.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1956	1974