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La Crosse city, La Crosse County, WI

51,791 Population
21.7 square miles 2,385.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in La Crosse County: 37.1 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,356 ±$1,907 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in La Crosse County: $40,841 ±$1,313
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$53,803 ±$2,834 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in La Crosse County: $70,704 ±$2,221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

21.6% ±2.1% (10,316  ±986) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in La Crosse County: 12.4% 14,383 (±1.1% / ±1,257)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

16.5 minutes ±0.8 (408,735  ±26,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in La Crosse County: 19.1 1,083,745 (±0.7 / ±42,770)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

22,735 ±513 Number of households
  • La Crosse County: 50,543 ±522
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.1 ±0.1 (47,456  ±66) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in La Crosse County: 2.3 115,412 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

2.7% ±0.9% (414  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in La Crosse County: 3.6% † 1,064 (±0.7% / ±218)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

24,274 ±417 Number of housing units
  • La Crosse County: 53,234 ±74
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$196,600 ±$6,503 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in La Crosse County: $243,200 ±$5,097
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

25.2% ±2% (12,980  ±1,050.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in La Crosse County: 15.2% 18,157 (±1.1% / ±1,281.8)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

95.1% ±3.6% (28,753  ±1,171.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in La Crosse County: 96.5% 75,517 (±2.4% / ±1,893.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
34.8% ±2.3% (10,526  ±701) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in La Crosse County: 36.1% 28,244 (±1.6% / ±1,212.7)
  • a little 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

2.9% ±0.6% (1,483  ±286) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in La Crosse County: 3% 3,544
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

5.8% ±0.8% (2,560  ±345) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in La Crosse County: 6.9% 6,639 (±0.6% / ±527)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
2,560 Total veterans ±345 2,286 Male ±327 274 Female ±97

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