Wausau is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 38,404 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Wausau is the 17th largest community in Wisconsin.

Wausau is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wausau is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wausau who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.09%), sales jobs (12.60%), and management occupations (7.29%).

Also of interest is that Wausau has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Wausau spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.72 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Wausau Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Wausau is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.53% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wausau in 2000 was $20,227, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,908 for a family of four.

Wausau is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wausau home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wausau is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wausau include German, Polish, Irish, Norwegian, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Wausau is English. Some people also speak Miao, Hmong.