County profile
Eau Claire County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#506 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
51,990
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,753
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
109,033
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$74.5k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
36.8%±1.6%
Poverty rate
11.8%±1.1%
Business applications
1,261 · 2025
Retail establishments
382
35.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1National Presto Industries, Inc.Industrials$503.5M70B2Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care32%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation9%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
109,033
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $62.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,112
International migration+631
Natural change+299
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.8B2019
$6.5B2020
$7.0B2021
$7.6B2022
$8.0B2023
$8.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$261.0k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
4.7%±0.8%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$167.7M
727 units · 6.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Hail 89Strong wind 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3842016
4112017
4362018
4592019
4762020
5322021
6102022
6742023
7032024
7322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 20219312021
7382022
1,1452023
5902024
7272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.0 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
UP
Nearest port
68.2 km
DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE, ALMA POWER PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
21.9 km
CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Eau Claire?
Eau Claire's economy produced $8.4B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.