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Onalaska town, La Crosse County, WI

5,842 Population
34.2 square miles 171 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in La Crosse County: 37.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$46,877 ±$6,138 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in La Crosse County: $40,841 ±$1,313
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$105,238 ±$18,261 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in La Crosse County: $70,704 ±$2,221
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

2.2% ±1.4% (129  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in La Crosse County: 12.4% 14,383 (±1.1% / ±1,257)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

19.7 minutes ±1.7 (52,465  ±7,663) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in La Crosse County: 19.1 1,083,745 (±0.7 / ±42,770)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

2,132 ±134 Number of households
  • La Crosse County: 50,543 ±522
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.7 ±0.2 (5,827  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in La Crosse County: 2.3 115,412 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

4.7% ±3.1% (56  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in La Crosse County: 3.6% † 1,064 (±0.7% / ±218)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

2,348 ±192 Number of housing units
  • La Crosse County: 53,234 ±74
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$301,500 ±$29,173 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in La Crosse County: $243,200 ±$5,097
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

3% ±1.6% (175  ±89.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in La Crosse County: 15.2% 18,157 (±1.1% / ±1,281.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

98% ±8.1% (4,122  ±404.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in La Crosse County: 96.5% 75,517 (±2.4% / ±1,893.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
40.2% ±5.6% (1,691  ±250.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in La Crosse County: 36.1% 28,244 (±1.6% / ±1,212.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

4.2% ±2.4% (246  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in La Crosse County: 3% 3,544
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

9.4% ±2.8% (417  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in La Crosse County: 6.9% 6,639 (±0.6% / ±527)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
417 Total veterans ±124 384 Male ±121 33 Female ±37

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