Eau Claire County vs Fond du Lac County

A side-by-side comparison of Eau Claire County and Fond du Lac County: population, income, housing, and more.

Eau Claire County and Fond du Lac County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eau Claire County has the higher population (106,328 vs 104,053 in Fond du Lac County). Fond du Lac County has the higher median household income ($73,154 vs $71,834 in Eau Claire County). Eau Claire County has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $209,800 in Fond du Lac County).

Population, income & housing

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
Population	106,328	104,053
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,834	$73,154
Median home value	$242,400	$209,800
Median gross rent	$977	$926
Housing units	45,818	45,908
Homeownership rate	62.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
Population	103,514 → 106,328 (+2.7%)	102,597 → 104,053 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$59,476 → $71,834 (+20.8%)	$62,391 → $73,154 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)	$157,800 → $209,800 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $977 (+18.7%)	$747 → $926 (+24.0%)

Eau Claire County

Population

103,514106,328

Median household income

$59,476$71,834

Median home value

$169,400$242,400

Median gross rent

$823$977

Fond du Lac County

Population

102,597104,053

Median household income

$62,391$73,154

Median home value

$157,800$209,800

Median gross rent

$747$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	15.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.4%
75 and over	6.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
Drove alone	77.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
1-unit, detached	62.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	11.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Eau Claire County	Fond du Lac County
Poverty rate	11.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1977	1971