Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety79#193/924
Economy76#220/925
Housing51#450/925
Health77#218/925
Healthcare92#78/923
Environment92#72/917
Education91#84/925
Infrastructure74#242/925
Community96#39/925
Leisure & amenities88#111/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Primary care physicians · high127 /100k
98/100Wisconsin 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · high60.5%
98/100Wisconsin 53.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · high54.6%
96/100Wisconsin 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
High school diploma or higher · high95.2%
95/100Wisconsin 93.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Traffic deaths · low7.5 /100k
94/100Wisconsin 10.2 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.7%
94/100Wisconsin 7.2%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high37.6%
12/100Wisconsin 30.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
New business applications · low8.5 /1k
14/100Wisconsin 12.0 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Distance to an airport · high102 mi
15/100Wisconsin 37 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.33%
16/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Pharmacies · low1.2 /10k
29/100Wisconsin 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · high7.9 mi
30/100Wisconsin 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
21% (2021) → 5% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
26.5% (2020 & 2021) → 37.6% (2023 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
26.3% (Dec 2021) → 34.6% (Aug 2026)
+8.3 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Adult obesityWorsening
30.8% (2019) → 38.4% (2023)
+7.6 pts4 yearsUS 32.1% → 38.2%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
21.4 /100k (2021) → 13.4 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−37%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
6.3 /1k (2020) → 8.5 /1k (2025)
+37%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area improved on 11 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 7 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Overdose deaths−48%26.0 /100k → 13.4 /100k
Traffic deaths−7.5%8.1 /100k → 7.5 /100k
Grocery stores+8.3%1.3 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Arts & recreation+9.2%5.5 /10k → 6.0 /10k
Property crime−33%2,247 /100k → 1,510 /100k

Declined8

Violent crime+26%137 /100k → 173 /100k
Uninsured+2.4 points5.2% → 7.6%
Firearm deaths+28%9.3 /100k → 11.9 /100k
Child poverty+1.6 points8.7% → 10.3%
Libraries−6.5%1.3 /10k → 1.2 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.5 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	+9.2%	Improved	51%
Average commute time	18.9 min2015-2019	20.1 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Declined	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%2015-2019	33.6%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	84.1%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	4%
Child poverty rate	8.7%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Declined	11%
Distance to an airport	103 mi2020	102 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	93%
Drug overdose deaths	26.0 /100k2020	13.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−48%	Improved	80%
Effective property tax rate	1.66%2015-2019	1.33%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	9.3 /100k2020	11.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Declined	19%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+8.3%	Improved	74%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+3.6%	Little change	51%
High school diploma or higher	95.0%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	55%
Homicide rate	1.9 /100k2020	1.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−23%	Improved	48%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,8152019	$69,3232024	+31%	Improved	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4472015-2019	0.4432020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$58,5012015-2019	$73,3402020-2024	+25%	Improved	42%
New business applications	6.3 /1k2020	8.5 /1k2025	+37%	Improved	35%
Pharmacies	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−4.9%	Little change	58%
Poverty rate	12.2%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Property crime rate	2,247 /100k2020	1,510 /100k2025	−33%	Improved	48%
Public libraries	1.3 /10k2019	1.2 /10k2024	−6.5%	Declined	19%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	43.4%2015-2019	43.1%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Restaurants and bars	12.6 /10k2020	13.1 /10k2025	+3.8%	Little change	62%
Suicide rate	16.9 /100k2020	19.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Declined	34%
Traffic deaths	8.1 /100k2015-2019	7.5 /100k2020-2024	−7.5%	Improved	75%
Unemployment rate	5.6%2020	2.9%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	40%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.2%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Declined	5%
Violent crime rate	137 /100k2020	173 /100k2025	+26%	Declined	10%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area itself moved −2.2 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

170,190 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

72,055 households (±588)

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area
United States share

Under $25k14%9,965
$25k–50k19%13,590
$50k–75k18%13,214

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

72,055 households (±588)

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area
United States share

Own68%48,767
Rent32%23,288

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.1 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

86,813 workers (±1,085)

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area
United States share

Drive alone75%65,180
Carpool7.1%6,200
Public transit0.8%†651

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN employ 19,540 people. 5 pay a median above the US median and 5 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Registered Nurses2,920 jobs	2,920	$98,370US $97,550	+1%	1.59×
Retail Salespersons2,290 jobs	2,290	$34,090US $35,410	−4%	1.08×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides2,130 jobs	2,130	$37,140US $35,800	+4%	0.91×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers2,100 jobs	2,100	$60,300US $58,640	+3%	1.88×
Cashiers2,020 jobs	2,020	$30,900US $32,880	−6%	1.2×
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,960 jobs	1,960	$28,280US $31,200	−9%	0.94×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand1,620 jobs	1,620	$42,800US $40,240	+6%	1.01×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners1,530 jobs	1,530	$36,130US $36,840	−2%	1.27×
Office Clerks, General1,500 jobs	1,500	$45,220US $45,010	0%	1.12×
Stockers and Order Fillers1,470 jobs	1,470	$34,150US $37,330	−9%	0.96×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN has 4,231 employer establishments, 248 for every 10,000 residents (1.00× the US rate of 248), with 78,124 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,883. The Census Bureau also counts 11,722 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,231; 11,722 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 248; US 248
Paid employees: 78,124
Average annual pay: $54,883; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	319	18.7	1.21×About typical	2,378	$67,838	863
Restaurants and other eating places	279	16.4	0.89×About typical	5,802	$17,741	26
Ambulatory health care services	254	14.9	0.71×Fewer than typical	5,707	$91,005	439
Lessors of real estate	168	9.9	0.80×Fewer than typical	553	$45,879	1,258
Religious organizations	142	8.3	1.50×More than typical	1,311	$24,797	—
Construction of buildings	126	7.4	0.98×About typical	947	$70,664	464
Full-service restaurants	124	7.3	0.95×About typical	3,063	$18,030	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	118	6.9	1.03×About typical	1,132	$53,240	520
Building equipment contractors	111	6.5	1.08×About typical	1,173	$73,724	113
Offices of other health practitioners	108	6.3	1.04×About typical	732	$44,014	250
Limited-service restaurants	107	6.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	2,093	$18,699	9
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	105	6.2	5.08×More than typical	837	$14,308	14

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 170,516 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.9B on contracts performed in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area: $11,078 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $1.9B; −26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,078; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$1.9B98%
Defense Health Agency$11M0.6%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$10.8M0.6%
Food and Drug Administration$7.8M0.4%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$2.5M0.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.4M0.1%
Agricultural Marketing Service$2.2M0.1%
U.S. Geological Survey$1.3M0.1%

Top recipients

OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.$1.9B99%
THE LEWIN GROUP, INC.$9M0.5%
GREAT LAKES CHEESE CO INC$2.2M0.1%
ORC INDUSTRIES, INC.$1.4M0.1%
INDUSTRIAL HEAT TRANSFER, INC.$867K0.0%
DS DESIGNS LLC$420K0.0%
BRENNAN MARINE INC$377.9K0.0%
AUNJERIKA BELL$185K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

246MFY2017
431.4MFY2018
456.9MFY2019
468.5MFY2020
751.7MFY2021
678MFY2022
736.1MFY2023
3.9BFY2024
2.5BFY2025
1.9BFY2026
-77.3KFY2027

What was bought

Health & medical$1.9B99%
Professional services$9.4M0.5%
Other equipment & supplies$4.9M0.3%
Equipment maintenance$1.2M0.1%
Facilities & utilities$642.8K0.0%
Fuel$264K0.0%

Top industries (NAICS)

Offices of physicians · 6211$1.9B98%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$10.8M0.6%
Data processing, hosting, and related services · 5182$7.8M0.4%
Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$2.2M0.1%
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing · 3152$1.4M0.1%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$1.3M0.1%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$1.2M0.1%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$590.7K0.0%

Largest awards

FY26 FUNDING MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS$714.1M
OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.· La Crosse County, WI· Health & medical· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 36C10X26N0044
FY26 FUNDING MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS$362.2M
OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.· La Crosse County, WI· Health & medical· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 36C10X26N0043
FY26 FUNDING MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS$356.6M
OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.· La Crosse County, WI· Health & medical· Dec 30, 2025 – Dec 30, 2025· 36C10X26N0045
FY26 FUNDING MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS$272.2M
OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.· La Crosse County, WI· Health & medical· Dec 30, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 36C10X26N0046
MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS (MDES) UNDER SECTION 504 OF THE VETERANS BENEFITS IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1996 (PUBLIC LAW 104 275 38 U.S.C. 5101), REGION 2 (SOUTHEAST)$190M
OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.· La Crosse County, WI· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2020 – Jul 17, 2026· 36C10X21N0017
NEW TASK ORDER FOR EXAMINATIONS$162.3M
OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.· La Crosse County, WI· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2025 – Nov 6, 2025· 36C10X26N0007

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area: $6,418 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.1B; −6.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,418; US $12,957
Loan face value: $140.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$748.9M68%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$90.2M8.2%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$70.5M6.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$48.5M4.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$19.6M1.8%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$18.9M1.7%
12.400 · Military Construction, National Guard$16.8M1.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$15.8M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$19.1M1.7%
MADISON, WI
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS WISCONSIN$16.8M1.5%
MADISON, WI
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$9.3M0.8%
LA CROSSE, WI
WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE$6.5M0.6%
LA CROSSE, WI
CITY OF HOUSING AUTHORITY OF$5M0.5%
LA CROSSE, WI
CITY OF LA CROSSE$3.8M0.3%
LA CROSSE, WI
VITERBO UNIVERSITY INC$3.6M0.3%
LA CROSSE, WI
DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE$2.9M0.3%
LA CROSSE, WI

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$887.5M81%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$102M9.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$19.1M1.7%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$19M1.7%
Railroad Retirement Board$18.9M1.7%
Department of the Army$16.8M1.5%
Department of Defense
Farm Service Agency$8.3M0.8%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$5M0.5%
Department of Housing and Urban Development

By type

Direct payments$1B95%
Grants$52.9M4.8%
Other assistance$3.4M0.3%
Insurance$77.4K0.0%
Loans$00.0%
$140.6M lent or guaranteed

Assistance by fiscal year

973.6MFY2021
945.1MFY2022
993.5MFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.2BFY2025
1.1BFY2026

County aggregates

92%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Wisconsin

Areas based in Wisconsin, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined8

Metro and micro areas like La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

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