OnalaskaTX
A town of 3,210. A typical home worth about $173K.
What makes Onalaska stand out
The 3 things Onalaska does most differently from other towns.
Onalaska has grown 71.2% since 2010
1,764 people in 2010; 3,210 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
Onalaska’s report card
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- Onalaska vs Trinity - Girls Varsity Volleyball 10/01/2026 | Live & On DemandNFHS Network · Sep 30
- Onalaska vs Grapeland - Boys Varsity Basketball 12/15/2026 | Live & On DemandNFHS Network · Sep 29
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Onalaska. Another town gets a different order.
A typical Onalaska home is worth about $173K
The typical Onalaska home is worth about $173,000, down 3.9% in a year, 42% below the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Onalaska’s public schools outperform 83% of Texas districts
The public schools Onalaska’s kids attend outperform 83% of Texas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onalaska El | PK–6 | 704 | B+ |
| Onalaska Jr./Sr. High | 7–12 | 492 | A− |
Most working residents commute out of Onalaska
Most working residents leave Onalaska for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (11%), Livingston (11%) and Huntsville (5%). Half commute less than 47 miles.
Where working residents work
Healthier than 9% of U.S. towns
Onalaska beats the Texas average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 16.
| What stands out | Onalaska | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 15.2% | 19.1% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 63.2% | 57.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 5.7% |
Less crime per resident than 26% of U.S. towns
Onalaska reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 74% report less.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
High risk, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 73% of U.S. communities.
Four seasons, hot summers
Onalaska has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 40°.
Typical low → high °F
0.8% of Onalaska is conserved land
0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Onalaska City Park & Garland Pavilion | — | 11 |
95% of working residents leave Onalaska for work
Where Onalaska’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Onalaska
City in Polk County, Texas, United States
Onalaska is a city in Polk County, Texas, United States. Situated on a peninsula on Lake Livingston, it had a population of 3,020 at the 2020 census. Settled during the Republic of Texas period, the site remained a small farming community until the lumberman William Carlisle developed it as a company town around 1905, building a large sawmill and chartering the Beaumont and Great Northern Railroad to serve it. Onalaska boomed to a population of about 2,000 by 1908, but the exhaustion of local timber and flooding on the Trinity River closed the mill, and the town declined to roughly eighty residents by the late 1940s. The completion of Lake Livingston in 1968 reversed that decline, and Onala…
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- Population
- 3,020
- Area
- 5.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 177 ft
- ZIP code
- 77360
- Area code
- 936