Location of Altoona inside Eau Claire County Location of Altoona inside Eau Claire County County Eau Claire Altoona is a town/city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States.
The populace was 6,706 at the 2010 census, with an estimated populace in 2014 of 7,155. The town/city is a barns terminal on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway chose the site for a new terminal to replace the overcrowded existing terminal in Eau Claire.
The barns had originally prepared to put the new terminal in Fall Creek, but the town/city of Eau Claire lobbied for a site closer to the existing one, and delegates from Eau Claire and the barns walked the tracks from Fall Creek to Eau Claire to determine a suitable site.
When the locale of present-day Altoona - roughly three miles east of the existing Eau Claire terminal - was found to have sufficient flat territory and access to water (via the Eau Claire River), the barns began assembly of the new terminal and the improve of "East Eau Claire" was platted in October.
However, confusion between the "Eau Claire" and "East Eau Claire" stations quickly caused the barns to rename the new terminal "Altoona" on October 14, 1882.
Altoona was incorporated as a town/city on April 5, 1887. Continued expansion in both Altoona and Eau Claire over the past century has left the two metros/cities contiguous to one another, with Fairfax St.
Altoona is bounded on the north by Lake Altoona and the Eau Claire River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.86 square miles (12.59 km2), of which, 4.65 square miles (12.04 km2) is territory and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2) is water. Altoona is situated near Lake Altoona, a man-made lake, with water provided by the Eau Claire River.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.5% White, 0.9% African American, 0.4% Native American, 1.9% Asian, 0.8% from other competitions, and 2.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,883 homeholds of which 31.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 43.8% were married couples residing together, 13.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 37.4 years.
24.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.2% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15.8% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.89% White, 0.40% African American, 0.58% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other competitions, and 1.63% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,844 homeholds out of which 31.2% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 46.0% were married couples residing together, 11.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $40,394, and the median income for a family was $49,441.
About 4.4% of families and 5.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Altoona is primarily served by the School District of Altoona and a parcel is veiled by the Eau Claire Area School District.
Altoona is a part of the Eau Claire media market; until early 2009, it was served by its own no-charge weekly newspaper, the Altoona Star.
Leonard Haas, third president (1959 1971) and first chancellor (1973 1980) of the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Altoona city, Wisconsin".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".
Altoona Printing, Inc., Altoona, WI.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
City of Altoona official website Eau Claire Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Municipalities and communities of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States
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