Eau Claire vs Fall Creek

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

Eau Claire and Fall Creek 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 1,502 in Fall Creek). Fall Creek has the higher median household income ($82,250 vs $65,369 in Eau Claire). Eau Claire has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $202,700 in Fall Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
Population	69,274	1,502
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,369	$82,250
Median home value	$228,000	$202,700
Median gross rent	$971	$1,054
Housing units	30,610	517
Homeownership rate	55.4%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
Population	68,187 → 69,274 (+1.6%)	1,517 → 1,502 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$55,477 → $65,369 (+17.8%)	$55,298 → $82,250 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $228,000 (+47.1%)	$136,200 → $202,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $971 (+16.3%)	$696 → $1,054 (+51.4%)

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

Fall Creek

Population

1,5171,502

Median household income

$55,298$82,250

Median home value

$136,200$202,700

Median gross rent

$696$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
Under 5	5.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	20.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.4%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	25.9%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
Drove alone	76.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	12.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
1-unit, detached	55.2%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	6.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Eau Claire	Fall Creek
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1974	1973