Wausau is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 39,968 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Wausau is the 18th largest community in Wisconsin.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wausau is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wausau is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wausau who work in office and administrative support (11.58%), management occupations (8.87%), and sales jobs (8.61%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Wausau telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.69% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Wausau is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.21 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.In terms of college education, Wausau is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.02% of adults in Wausau have a college degree. The per capita income in Wausau in 2022 was $35,290, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,160 for a family of four. However, Wausau contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wausau is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wausau home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wausau residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wausau include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Wausau is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Miao/Hmong.
