Eau Claire: Family Income
Many of the families that have a yearly income of under $20,000 live int
the area around Dell's Pond, CBD, the Eau Claire River,
and the Student Ghetto. Just south of the Chippewa River,
there is an area that has about 45 percent of the families earning below
$20,000 annually. Areas like the Student Ghetto, east of
CBD, and south of Dell's Pond have between 23 percent and 33
percent below $20,000. The CBD and the area north of the
Eau Claire River have around 11 to 22 percent of families bringing
in less than $20,000. Mainly of these people are of the lower end
of the working class. These people probably work at McDonald's and
other minimum wage places.The Exurban and Third Ward areas contain 30 percent of families having a yearly income of higher than $100,000. An area south of the Eau Claire River also contains 30 percent. Putnam Heights has a percentage of 20 to 30 percent of the families earning over $100,000. Many of these people are professionals such as doctors and professors.
Created by Chelsea L. Lund on 07 June 2007.