Eau Claire County vs St. Croix County

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

Eau Claire County and St. Croix 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 94,819 in St. Croix County). St. Croix County has the higher median household income ($102,482 vs $71,834 in Eau Claire County). St. Croix County has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $242,400 in Eau Claire County).

Population, income & housing

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
Population	106,328	94,819
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,834	$102,482
Median home value	$242,400	$349,700
Median gross rent	$977	$1,238
Housing units	45,818	38,185
Homeownership rate	62.8%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
Population	103,514 → 106,328 (+2.7%)	88,732 → 94,819 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$59,476 → $71,834 (+20.8%)	$84,756 → $102,482 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)	$244,500 → $349,700 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $977 (+18.7%)	$962 → $1,238 (+28.7%)

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

St. Croix County

Population

88,73294,819

Median household income

$84,756$102,482

Median home value

$244,500$349,700

Median gross rent

$962$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	15.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.7%
75 and over	6.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
Drove alone	77.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.2%
Walked	2.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
1-unit, detached	62.5%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Eau Claire County	St. Croix County
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1977	1993