| Official Name: | Lake Hallie, Wisconsin |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chippewa |
| Government Type: | Village board |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 37.77 |
| Area Land Km2: | 36.63 |
| Area Water Km2: | 1.14 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 14.59 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 14.14 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.44 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Est: | 6747 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 6448 |
| Population Density Km2: | 184.19 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 477.06 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 44.8919°N -91.42°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 909 |
| Area Code: | 715 & 534 |
| Website: | http://www.lakehallie.us/ |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 55-41525 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2013447[3] |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [4] |
Lake Hallie is a village in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. It was incorporated from part of the Town of Hallie on February 18, 2003.[5] The 2010 census put the village's population at 6,448.
The lake, from which the village derives its name, is an oxbow lake near the Chippewa River between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. Here, in 1843, the McCann brothers joined with Jeremiah C. Thomas to build the Blue Mill, which used the lake as a holding pond for logs.[6] Later, after several changes of ownership and many improvements, this mill was acquired by the Badger State Lumber Company and became known as Badger Mills. Its operations were discontinued in the 1890s due to a shortage of logs.
In an open effort to prevent further annexation and utility encroachment by the cities of Chippewa Falls from the northeast and Eau Claire from the southwest, the village was incorporated by referendum from a large portion of the Town of Hallie on February 28, 2003. Over 95% of the Town of Hallie's residents in 2000 lived within the new village.[7] The village has experienced substantial growth since its incorporation; its 2010 population was 6,448, a 37.1% increase over the Town of Hallie's 2000 population of 4,703.
Lake Hallie is bordered on the north by Chippewa Falls, the south by Eau Claire and the Town of Seymour, west by the Chippewa River, on the southeast by the Town of Hallie, and on the east by the Town of Lafayette.[8]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 14.57sqmi, of which 14.09sqmi is land and 0.48sqmi is water.[9]
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 6,448 people, 2,447 households, and 1,782 families residing in the village. The population density was 457.6PD/sqmi. There were 2,554 housing units at an average density of 181.3/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 94.3% White, 0.6% African American, 0.6% Native American, 2.4% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7% of the population.
There were 2,447 households, of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.2% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.01.
The median age in the village was 35.3 years. 26.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.6% were from 45 to 64; and 10.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.6% male and 49.4% female.
Lake Hallie is administered by a village board, consisting of trustees and a village president.[10]
Lake Hallie is served by the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District[11] and the Eau Claire Area School District.[12]
Hallie is part of the Eau Claire media market.
Lake Hallie is located at the intersection of two freeways: U.S. Route 53 and Wisconsin Highway 29. The Chippewa Valley Regional Airport borders the village to the south.[8]
Lake Hallie hosts an annual five-day baseball and softball tournament called Hallie Youth Days at the end of July. Tom Sippel Field is the home field for the Hallie Eagles, a baseball team in the Chippewa River Baseball League. The Eagles have won the CRBL championship three times, in 1984, 1996, and 2000, and have won the south division in the CRBL five times, and the North division once in 2009.