Age of Housing in Eau Claire and U.S.

 Compared to the U.S. data, Eau Claire has a larger percentage of its housing stock from the 19th century.  While Eau Claire suffered from the collapse of the lumber industry in the early 20th century, the U.S. was adding numerous new houses.  By the 1920-1930s Eau Claire's economy was doing better than the national economy, but after WWII the local economy lagged behind the U.S.  Relatively few 1970s houses occur in Eau Claire because not all of these houses have been surveyed yet.

Created by Chris Cronk-Gulcynski, June 27, 1996.  Graphs by Brian Meyer, Preston Johnson, and Tanya Jorgenson on June 9, 1997.