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La Crosse County, WI

120,486 Population
451.8 square miles 266.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,400 ±$2,343 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $41,785 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$70,010 ±$6,346 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wisconsin: $74,631 ±$774
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.1% ±2.4% (15,135  ±2,766) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.7% 616,874 (±0.3% / ±19,150)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.1 minutes ±1.2 (1,073,630  ±82,081) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.5 59,514,440 (±0.2 / ±628,115)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

51,283 ±1,147 Number of households
  • Wisconsin: 2,495,539 ±8,832
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (115,912  ±119) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,773,894
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.3% ±1.7% (1,016  ±519) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 4.8% 62,338 (±0.3% / ±4,468)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

54,019 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Wisconsin: 2,787,388 ±291
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$272,200 ±$13,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $272,500 ±$1,737
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.6% ±2.5% (18,599  ±3,031.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 11.2% 654,440 (±0.3% / ±19,786.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.5% ±4.9% (75,887  ±3,953.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.7% 3,855,294 (±0.6% / ±26,343.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
39.1% ±2.9% (30,772  ±2,291.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.8% 1,389,399 (±0.4% / ±14,983.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% (3,857  ±847) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 307,899
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.2% ±1.3% (7,012  ±1,247) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 5.9% 275,531 (±0.1% / ±6,392)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,012 Total veterans ±1,247 6,034 Male ±1,061 978 Female ±491

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