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Onalaska, WI

18,909 Population
10.6 square miles 1,781.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$50,428 ±$3,892 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: $39,805 ±$990
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$84,898 ±$6,208 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: $71,009 ±$1,567
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

5.9% ±1.8% (1,109  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 12.2% 20,027 (±0.8% / ±1,342)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

17.9 minutes ±1.3 (167,335  ±15,624) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 20.5 1,586,370 (±0.5 / ±47,969)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

8,509 ±398 Number of households
  • the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 70,803 ±605
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.2 ±0.1 (18,775  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 2.3 164,366 (±0 / ±81)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.4% ±2.4% (152  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,712 (±0.6% / ±241)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

8,676 ±387 Number of housing units
  • the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 75,928 ±78
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$279,100 ±$14,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: $235,300 ±$3,879
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

10.2% ±3% (1,911  ±565.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 13.1% 22,084 (±0.8% / ±1,351.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

98.6% ±5.7% (13,084  ±913.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 95.1% 106,985 (±1.8% / ±2,066.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
41.4% ±3.8% (5,496  ±542.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 33% 37,162 (±1.1% / ±1,278.9)
  • 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

3.2% ±1.2% (603  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 2.5% 4,166
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.4% ±1.4% (969  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 6.9% 9,290 (±0.4% / ±586)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
969 Total veterans ±218 919 Male ±211 50 Female ±55

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