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West Salem village, La Crosse County, WI

5,268 Population
3.3 square miles 1,572.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in La Crosse County: 37.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,147 ±$8,490 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in La Crosse County: $40,841 ±$1,313
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$90,991 ±$16,769 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in La Crosse County: $70,704 ±$2,221
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

8.9% ±7% (452  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in La Crosse County: 12.4% 14,383 (±1.1% / ±1,257)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

20.1 minutes ±3.1 (43,630  ±9,972) 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

1,982 ±171 Number of households
  • La Crosse County: 50,543 ±522
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.6 ±0.2 (5,105  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in La Crosse County: 2.3 115,412 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

1.6% ±1.9% (18  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in La Crosse County: 3.6% † 1,064 (±0.7% / ±218)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

2,101 ±199 Number of housing units
  • La Crosse County: 53,234 ±74
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$269,300 ±$20,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in La Crosse County: $243,200 ±$5,097
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

8.4% ±4.4% (443  ±231.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in La Crosse County: 15.2% 18,157 (±1.1% / ±1,281.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

96.8% ±10.8% (3,403  ±462.9) 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)
44.1% ±9.9% (1,548  ±367.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in La Crosse County: 36.1% 28,244 (±1.6% / ±1,212.7)
  • about 1.3 times 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

1.6% ±1.3% (83  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in La Crosse County: 3% 3,544
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8.9% ±2.9% (336  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in La Crosse County: 6.9% 6,639 (±0.6% / ±527)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
336 Total veterans ±113 313 Male ±101 23 Female ±25

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