With 120,488 people, La Crosse County is a county in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 8% of US counties for household income. 3% of residents were born outside the United States. Getting to work takes 19 minutes on average. The typical home is worth $257,000, having more than doubled since 2000. Renters pay $1,059 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $73,013, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.5
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 49%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about La Crosse County
What changed most since 1990
White share95.7% → 87.4%(−8.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19.7%(1,296)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.5%(1,744)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.9%(2,565)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4%(262)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.7%(115)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 6,589 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
La Crosse County, decade by decade
La Crosse County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
97,904
$64,459
$139,204
21.1%
10.5
2000
107,120
$71,904
$171,964
25.4%
15.2
2010
114,638
$70,962
$213,915
28.8%
21.0
2020
120,784
$73,094
$223,621
36.1%
29.5
2024
120,488
$73,013
$257,000
36.5%
29.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
