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Fall Creek is a small town of 1,493 people in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It's about 11 miles from Eau Claire, WI and 98 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 23°F, with about 54 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $214k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,493people
$214kTypical home
$1,046/moRent
82° / 23°Summer / winter
54"Snow
226Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,493
- Part of a metro area
- About 729 people per sq mi
- 98 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 11 mi to Eau Claire, WI
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $214k (≈$1,351/mo)
- Median rent $1,046/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 23°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (71 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- 54" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 54 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (139 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,477 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 37% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to EAU airport
- 96 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 89 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 932 ft
- 642 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 123 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 89 bars within 25 mi
- 32 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 48% of Wisconsin districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Eau Claire County: D+11 in 2024
- Wisconsin: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk