County profile
La Crosse County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#442 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
66,633
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,151
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
121,339
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$73.0k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
36.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
12.4%±1.0%
Business applications
1,013 · 2025
Retail establishments
387
32.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care28%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation12%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
121,339
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $65.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+378
International migration+245
Natural change−196
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.0B2019
$7.9B2020
$8.4B2021
$8.9B2022
$9.5B2023
$9.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$257.0k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
4.7%±0.9%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$103.7M
363 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Hail 95Landslide 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3272016
3442017
3632018
3782019
3882020
4232021
4842022
5302023
5572024
5822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 20216592021
3552022
4352023
4782024
3632025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
CPKC
Nearest port
13.7 km
LACROSSE MUNICIPAL TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
11.8 km
LA CROSSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of La Crosse?
La Crosse's economy produced $9.9B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.