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La Crosse, WI

51,356 Population
21.7 square miles 2,365.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,439 ±$1,937 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: $41,247 ±$1,061
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
$55,866 ±$3,428 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: $73,340 ±$2,043
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455

21.4% ±1.7% (10,109  ±815) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 11.9% 19,596 (±0.8% / ±1,309)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)

15.9 minutes ±0.7 (387,605  ±23,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 20.1 1,535,120 (±0.3 / ±35,621)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)

Families

22,965 ±550 Number of households
  • the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 72,055 ±588
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
2.1 ±0.1 (47,043  ±108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 2.3 164,659 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449

2.6% ±1.1% (393  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,773 (±0.7% / ±278)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)

Housing

24,404 ±464 Number of housing units
  • the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 76,850 ±156
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533

$210,100 ±$6,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: $247,400 ±$4,697
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051

26% ±2.2% (13,272  ±1,134.4) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 13% 21,914 (±0.8% / ±1,281.2)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)

Social

96.1% ±3.7% (28,810  ±1,257.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 95.2% 107,709 (±1.8% / ±2,067)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
35% ±2.3% (10,481  ±731.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 33.6% 37,973 (±1% / ±1,162.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)

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

2.7% ±0.5% (1,365  ±272) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 2.6% 4,344
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979

5.8% ±0.9% (2,538  ±381) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area: 6.9% 9,274 (±0.5% / ±655)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
2,538 Total veterans ±381 2,276 Male ±359 262 Female ±110

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