Eau Claire vs Seymour

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

Eau Claire and Seymour 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 1,547 in Seymour). Seymour has the higher median household income ($92,614 vs $65,369 in Eau Claire). Seymour has the higher median home value ($232,500 vs $228,000 in Eau Claire).

Population, income & housing

	Eau Claire	Seymour
Population	69,274	1,547
Median age	33.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,369	$92,614
Median home value	$228,000	$232,500
Median gross rent	$971	$1,417
Housing units	30,610	660
Homeownership rate	55.4%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eau Claire	Seymour
Population	68,187 → 69,274 (+1.6%)	1,345 → 1,547 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$55,477 → $65,369 (+17.8%)	$65,063 → $92,614 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $228,000 (+47.1%)	$206,300 → $232,500 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $971 (+16.3%)	$766 → $1,417 (+85.0%)

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

Seymour

Population

1,3451,547

Median household income

$65,063$92,614

Median home value

$206,300$232,500

Median gross rent

$766$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eau Claire	Seymour
Under 5	5.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	7.6%
18 to 24	20.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	22.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	18.3%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eau Claire	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eau Claire	Seymour
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eau Claire	Seymour
Drove alone	76.7%	93.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eau Claire	Seymour
1-unit, detached	55.2%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Eau Claire	Seymour
Poverty rate	14.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1974	1959