With 14,782 people, Chippewa Falls is a city in Wisconsin. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. 51% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 1%. The typical home is worth $210,400, having more than doubled since 2000. That trails the Wisconsin median by roughly 25%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,873, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 44%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Chippewa Falls
What changed most since 1990
White share98.6% → 91.2%(−7.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants58.8% → 50.7%(−8.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.0% → 20.9%(+7.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Chippewa Falls's population equals 22% of Chippewa County's. Its number of households without a car equals 39% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 33% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)12.1%(102)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)7.5%(63)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era52.1%(438)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.3%(53)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(11)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 841 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Chippewa Falls, decade by decade
Chippewa Falls population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,727
$55,336
$104,163
13.0%
3.6
2000
12,925
$59,648
$145,915
16.4%
6.6
2010
13,661
$57,557
$172,485
17.7%
14.6
2020
14,731
$66,562
$183,139
21.6%
25.3
2024
14,782
$57,873
$210,400
20.9%
20.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
