The story of this market
The typical home in La Crosse County, Wisconsin sells for about $312,563, or $183 per square foot.
Prices are down 5.3% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 7 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 155% since 2000. Last year 23 of 26 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,343 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,343 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+5.4%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+13.5%). Worst: 2011 (-1.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5.2%
WI · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,721
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+5.4%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 26 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
62
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $53,682,591.
La Crosse County, Wisconsin
The La Crosse County housing market is experiencing a cooling trend with median sale prices down 5.3% year-over-year. While inventory remains relatively tight, the market pace has stabilized with homes selling in a median of 7 days.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 0.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 30 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 4.48% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.9% · poverty 10.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 10 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 54601 | La Crosse | $320,000 | $191 | +6.7% | 38 | 97.8% | — | 2.6 | 238 | $1,044 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54602 | La Crosse | $257,000 | $176 | -1% | 7 | — | — | — | 147 | $1,100 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54603 | La Crosse | $245,000 | $191 | -5.2% | 9 | 101.8% | 23.9% | 1.4 | 161 | $966 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54612 | Arcadia | $664,000 | $176 | -1% | 7 | 100% | — | 7 | 7 | $1,102 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54621 | Chaseburg | $156,884 | $115 | — | 64 | 98.5% | — | 1 | 3 | $777 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54635 | Hixton | $207,500 | $135 | +3.8% | 88 | 97.2% | 12.5% | 6.2 | 24 | $688 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54636 | Holmen | $472,000 | $200 | +3.2% | 32 | 100.5% | — | 3.2 | 241 | $1,160 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54650 | Onalaska | $324,950 | $178 | +3.2% | 48 | 98.5% | 12% | 3.5 | 103 | $1,147 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54659 | Taylor | $225,000 | $145 | +2.1% | 82 | 97.5% | 12% | 7.3 | 22 | $882 | researched Sep 23 |
| 54669 | West Salem | $289,900 | $194 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 18 | $1,267 | researched Sep 23 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The county is focused on economic development through its 2025-2030 Economic Development Plan, emphasizing regional business growth and infrastructure initiatives.
The rental market shows a median rent of $1,100 with a stable inventory of approximately 136 listed units.
The county economy is supported by diverse sectors and ongoing initiatives to foster business development and regional economic health.
- Jump Start Adventure Park La Crosse4.63.1 mi
- Children's Museum of La Crosse4.76.7 mi
- Whiskey Creek Family RV Park4.812.9 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese4.12.9 mi
- The Driftless Axe and Arcade4.56.8 mi
- La Crosse Center4.36.9 mi
- Onalaska Omni Center4.46.1 mi
- Fox Hollow Golf Course4.41.8 mi
- The Freighthouse Restaurant4.56.7 mi
- The Root Note4.76.7 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe4.97.7 mi
- Marcus La Crosse Cinema4.57.1 mi
- Riverside Park4.86.8 mi
- Grandad Bluff Park4.85.1 mi
- Perrot State Park4.720 mi
- Children's Museum of La Crosse4.76.7 mi
- International Owl Center4.822.6 mi
- Minnesota Marine Art Museum4.829.4 mi
- Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center, Inc.4.711.3 mi
- FAST Fiberglass Mold Graveyard4.719.1 mi
- Great River Bluffs State Park4.714.6 mi
- Riverside Park4.86.8 mi
- Grandad Bluff Park4.85.1 mi
- Perrot State Park4.720 mi
- Champions Riverside Resort4.415.8 mi
- Pettibone Boat Club4.37.4 mi
- American Marine La Crosse4.46.5 mi
- Lawrence Lake Marina & Bait4.712.1 mi
- Fox Hollow Golf Course4.41.8 mi
- Forest Hills Golf Course4.45.1 mi
- The Golf Club at Cedar Creek4.46.2 mi
- Trempealeau Mountain Golf Club4.519.4 mi
- Coulee Golf Bowl4.54 mi
- Valley View Mall3.93.1 mi
- Blain's Farm & Fleet4.32.8 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.43 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.33.2 mi
- Kohl's4.23 mi
- La Crosse Regional Airport4.56.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov; figures represent county-wide estimates.