† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupEau Claire-Menomonie, WIWisconsinUnited States
German37.0%35.8%12.5%
Norwegian15.3%6.1%—
Irish10.0%10.4%9.4%
English7.0%6.7%9.5%
Polish5.2%7.6%2.2%
American3.6%3.4%5.3%
Swedish3.1%——
French2.9%2.2%1.6%
Hmong1.8%1.0%—
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian0.2%0.6%1.4%
Mexican1.5%5.4%11.3%
African American†0.9%5.3%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
37.8
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
13.7%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$74,644
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.5%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
14.4%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.5%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
58.2%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
13.2%
8.4%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.6%
1896
−25.5%
1900
−34.5%
1904
−50.8%
1908
−35.2%
1912
−4.1%
1916
−18.3%
1920
−72.1%
1924
−38.3%
1928
−32.8%
1932
+12.6%
1936
+14.9%
1940
−7.2%
1944
−8.8%
1948
+10.3%
1952
−25.6%
1956
−18.6%
1960
−7.8%
1964
+27.2%
1968
−1.8%
1972
−4.6%
1976
+9.1%
1980
−0.1%
1984
−3.3%
1988
+9.2%
1992
+11.3%
1996
+14.5%
2000
+2.9%
2004
+5.4%
2008
+17.0%
2012
+7.8%
2016
−4.1%
2020
−3.7%
2024
−4.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
46.8%Harris59,616
51.7%Trump65,853
0.5%Kennedy603 +7
R+4.9
R+1.2
R+3.4
127,326
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican51.7%65,853
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic46.8%59,616
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%603
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%426
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%311
OtherAll other candidates0.2%226
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%151
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.1%68
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.0%49
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%23
R
47.1%Biden55,500
50.8%Trump59,831
2.0%
R+3.7
D+0.4
R+8.1
117,737
R
44.4%Clinton48,261
48.5%Trump52,733
7.1%
R+4.1
R+11.9
R+6.2
108,699
D
53.1%Obama57,219
45.3%Romney48,802
1.6%
D+7.8
R+9.2
D+4.0
107,730
D
57.6%Obama62,387
40.7%McCain44,017
1.7%
D+17.0
D+11.6
D+9.7
108,230
D
52.1%Kerry56,858
46.7%Bush50,982
1.2%
D+5.4
D+2.5
D+7.8
109,133
D
48.6%Gore45,352
45.7%Bush42,667
5.7%
D+2.9
R+11.6
D+2.4
93,378
D
48.7%Clinton37,481
34.2%Dole26,337
17.1%
D+14.5
D+3.2
D+6.0
76,936
D
43.8%Clinton39,673
32.5%Bush29,413
23.7%
D+11.3
D+2.1
D+5.8
90,524
D
54.3%Dukakis41,802
45.1%Bush34,694
0.6%
D+9.2
D+12.6
D+17.0
76,971
R
48.0%Mondale37,261
51.3%Reagan39,860
0.7%
R+3.3
R+3.2
D+14.9
77,638
R
45.1%Carter35,181
45.3%Reagan35,263
9.6%
R+0.1
R+9.2
D+9.6
77,922
D
53.5%Carter37,683
44.4%Ford31,276
2.1%
D+9.1
D+13.7
D+7.0
70,450
R
46.5%McGovern28,191
51.1%Nixon30,994
2.4%
R+4.6
R+2.8
D+18.5
60,622
R
46.0%Humphrey24,029
47.9%Nixon24,986
6.1%
R+1.8
R+29.1
R+1.1
52,216
D
63.5%Johnson33,161
36.3%Goldwater18,941
0.2%
D+27.2
D+35.0
D+4.7
52,193
R
46.0%Kennedy25,520
53.8%Nixon29,840
0.2%
R+7.8
D+10.8
R+8.0
55,454
R
40.6%Stevenson20,082
59.2%Eisenhower29,304
0.2%
R+18.6
D+6.9
R+3.2
49,504
R
37.1%Stevenson19,527
62.7%Eisenhower32,973
0.2%
R+25.6
R+35.9
R+14.8
52,606
D
54.3%Truman22,567
44.0%Dewey18,290
1.6%
D+10.3
D+19.1
D+5.8
41,526
R
45.3%Roosevelt19,382
54.1%Dewey23,141
0.6%
R+8.8
R+1.6
R+16.3
42,776
R
46.0%Roosevelt21,924
53.2%Willkie25,344
0.8%
R+7.2
R+22.1
R+17.1
47,642
D
54.7%Roosevelt23,538
39.8%Landon17,132
5.5%
D+14.9
D+2.3
R+9.4
43,031
D
55.3%Roosevelt20,946
42.7%Hoover16,177
2.0%
D+12.6
D+45.4
R+5.2
37,872
R
33.2%Smith12,415
66.0%Hoover24,689
0.8%
R+32.8
D+5.5
R+15.4
37,390
O
4.7%Davis1,473
43.0%Coolidge13,461
52.3%
La Follette +9.3
D+33.8
R+13.1
31,307
R
11.5%Cox2,787
83.6%Harding20,202
4.9%
R+72.1
R+53.8
R+45.9
24,170
R
38.6%Wilson5,970
56.8%Hughes8,802
4.6%
R+18.3
R+14.2
R+21.4
15,486
R
33.1%Wilson4,588
37.2%Taft5,152
29.7%
R+4.1
D+31.1
R+23.6
13,859
R
30.0%Bryan4,976
65.2%Taft10,804
4.8%
R+35.2
D+15.7
R+25.6
16,573
R
22.0%Parker3,440
72.8%Roosevelt11,390
5.2%
R+50.8
R+16.3
R+31.2
15,639
R
31.2%Bryan5,523
65.7%McKinley11,639
3.1%
R+34.5
R+9.0
R+27.0
17,704
R
35.8%Bryan6,711
61.3%McKinley11,493
2.9%
R+25.5
R+20.9
R+19.4
18,747
R
41.3%Cleveland6,170
45.9%Harrison6,863
12.8%
R+4.6
—
R+6.3
14,950
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
47.7%60,052
49.9%62,756
125,820
2022
R
47.8%45,474
52.0%49,446
95,095
2018
D
56.2%53,155
43.8%41,410
94,638
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+871 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +6,224 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI in Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+271
2012
+73
2013
+361
2014
−570
2015
−70
2016
+331
2017
+525
2018
+873
2019
+430
2021
−742
2022
+1,826
2023
+1,102
2024
+943
2025
+871
Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 72.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.9 points.
A population of 219,442, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,644 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of La Crosse-Onalaska-Sparta, WI-MN and Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN.
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How did Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 4.9 points (R+4.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 127,326 votes cast, 59,616 went Democratic and 65,853 went Republican.
When did Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin?
Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 219,442 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin is $74,644 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
