Augusta, Wisconsin

2006 Community Profile

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Eau Claire County Financial Institutions

NAME NO. OF COUNTY LOCATIONS 6/31/04 ASSETS IN THOUSANDS
American Bank 1  $ 68,268
Associated Bank  8 $ 19,335,455
Bank Mutual   4 $ 3,107,014
Charter Bank   1 $ 364,018
Citizens Community Federal 3  $ 152,392
M&I Bank   3 $ 32,042,103
Northwestern Bank  $ 271,731
Peoples Bank of Wisconsin   1 $ 252,241
S & C Bank   2 $ 357,869
U.S. Bank   4 $ 189,736,629
Wells Fargo   4 $ 364,698,000
Peoples State Bank*   2 $ 45,604
Mid-Wisconsin, Fairchild  1  $ 381,574
Partner’s Credit Union   2 $ 15,275
Royal Credit Union   6 $ 622,251
Pigeon Falls State Bank*   1 $ 40,762
Total   44 $ 611,491,185

*Located in Augusta

Labor
(through August)  
2004 AVERAGE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 2004 AVERAGE  UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Eau Claire County  56,601 4.3%  
Eau Claire MSA 89,367 4.9%  

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Income

2004 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME (After Taxes)  
Eau Claire County  $34,442  

Source: Sales & Marketing Management 2004 Survey of Buying Power

Housing

2004 CITY OF AUGUSTA EAU CLAIRE COUNTY EAU CLAIRE MSA  
Total Housing Units  632  37,474 60,295  
Owner Occupied 437 23,295 39,455
Renter Occupied 162 12,527 17,723
Total Occupied 599 35,822  57,178
% Occupied 94.8% 95.6% 94.8%

Source: 2000 U.S. Census

HOME SALE PRICE  AVERAGE 2004*  MEDIAN 2004*  
  $141,320 $130,800  

Source: Real Estate Multiple Listing Service, Chippewa Valley Center for Economic Research and Development
*Data through September 2004; contains all of Eau Claire County including Augusta

Taxes

2005 Property Taxes
Rate per $1,000 assessed value

City 5.88
County (Eau Claire) 3.84
School 11.79
State .22
Other 1.79
Total Gross 23.52
State Credit 1.46
Net Tax Rate 22.06

Utilities

WATER AND SEWER

Augusta’s water is provided by a municipal water system. It contains three wells and a 400,000 gallon water tower with a maximum pumping capacity of 1.2 million gallons per day and average usage of 450,000 gallons*. Augusta is serviced by a community sewage plant.

* As of November 2004

ELECTRICITY

Xcel Energy is Wisconsin’s largest producer of clean, renewable energy and offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 225,000 electricity and 89,000 natural gas customers.
Phone: 1-800-481-4700

Internet Site: www.xcelenergy.com

NATURAL GAS

WE Energies is comprised of Wisconsin Electric Power Co. and Wisconsin Gas LLC and provides natural gas to one million customers. Phone: 1-800-242-9137

Internet Site: www.we-energies.com

TELECOMMUNICATIONS/CABLE

Verizon provides local phone service and internet access in Augusta. Phone: 1-800-483-4600

Internet Site: www.verizon.com

KRM Cablevision provides local cable service in Augusta.
Phone: (715) 274-7631 or 1-800-327-4330

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