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About La Crosse
City and county seat of La Crosse County, WisconsinLa Crosse ( lə-KROSS) is a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the most populous city on Wisconsin's western border. The population was 52,680 at the 2020 census. The La Crosse–Onalaska metropolitan area has an estimated 140,000 residents. La Crosse serves as a regional educational, medical, manufacturing, and transportation hub for Western Wisconsin producing a gross domestic product (GDP) of $10.1 billion for the La Crosse–Onalaska metropolitan area as of 2023. Home to the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Viterbo University, and Western Technical College, the city has nearly 20,000 students. Th…
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How La Crosse ranks
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Housing in La Crosse
The typical La Crosse home is worth about $288,000, up 4.4% in a year, 15% below the Wisconsin typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in La Crosse
Safety Grade D
La Crosse reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 89% report less.
Health in La Crosse
Compared with Wisconsin
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 18 are too close to call.
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Schools in La Crosse
All La Crosse schools →School Grade C-
The public schools La Crosse’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within WI. Ratings are from neighbors.
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