Eau Claire vs Fairchild

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

Eau Claire and Fairchild 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 418 in Fairchild). Eau Claire has the higher median household income ($65,369 vs $47,083 in Fairchild). Eau Claire has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $102,000 in Fairchild).

Population, income & housing

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
Population	69,274	418
Median age	33.0 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,369	$47,083
Median home value	$228,000	$102,000
Median gross rent	$971	$717
Housing units	30,610	242
Homeownership rate	55.4%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
Population	68,187 → 69,274 (+1.6%)	584 → 418 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$55,477 → $65,369 (+17.8%)	$35,250 → $47,083 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $228,000 (+47.1%)	$67,600 → $102,000 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $971 (+16.3%)	$639 → $717 (+12.2%)

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

Fairchild

Population

584418

Median household income

$35,250$47,083

Median home value

$67,600$102,000

Median gross rent

$639$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
Under 5	5.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	20.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	19.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.7%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.4%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
No high school diploma	3.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	25.9%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
Drove alone	76.7%	68.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	14.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
1-unit, detached	55.2%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	11.6%
20 or more units	7.5%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Eau Claire	Fairchild
Poverty rate	14.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1974	1968