13%

Share of Eau Claire County households living under the federal poverty level as of 2018, according to a report recently released by the United Way. The state average is 11%.

35%

Share of Eau Claire County households in poverty or under the ALICE threshold: “ALICE” is an acronym for “Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.” Households in the ALICE range earn more than the poverty rate but less than the local cost of living.

-7 points

Decline in the percentage of county households in poverty or under the ALICE threshold between 2016 and 2018. However, a estimated 14,005 of the county’s 40,421 households remain in one of those groups.

Sources: United Way of Wisconsin (unitedwaywi.org)