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West Salem School District, WI

10,810 Population
94.6 square miles 114.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±3.2 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

$41,968 ±$4,552 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in La Crosse County: $40,841 ±$1,313
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$102,578 ±$8,574 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

6.1% ±3.4% (645  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in La Crosse County: 12.4% 14,383 (±1.1% / ±1,257)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

20.8 minutes ±1.8 (97,320  ±12,528) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in La Crosse County: 19.1 1,083,745 (±0.7 / ±42,770)
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

3,871 ±215 Number of households
  • La Crosse County: 50,543 ±522
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.7 ±0.2 (10,554  ±420) 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

3.9% ±1.6% (88  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in La Crosse County: 3.6% † 1,064 (±0.7% / ±218)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

4,107 ±249 Number of housing units
  • La Crosse County: 53,234 ±74
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$299,100 ±$17,234 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in La Crosse County: $243,200 ±$5,097
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

8.1% ±2.3% (871  ±246.1) 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

97.9% ±5.7% (7,004  ±550) 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)
41.2% ±5.5% (2,946  ±421.4) 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

1.9% ±1% (210  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in La Crosse County: 3% 3,544
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

8% ±1.9% (620  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in La Crosse County: 6.9% 6,639 (±0.6% / ±527)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
620 Total veterans ±148 572 Male ±136 48 Female ±34

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