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1876–2024
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN·Wisconsin

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN votes the way the country votes.

A Mississippi River metro where college-town lean meets working-class competitive terrain

1876 — 2024·38 elections
WI
Latest
D+4
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
170,190
2024 ACS

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted D+4%. Republican peak: R+64 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+4MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
170,1902024 5-year
Median household income
$73,5552024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
90.0%2024 5-year
Black
1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+25 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+64 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 1 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+3.6%
51,18947,601100,298
D
+7.3%
50,15643,23695,247
D
+4.4%
42,92238,99888,553
D
+15.2%
50,01836,64488,177
D
+21.6%
52,89333,81188,176
D
+6.4%
46,37040,69488,063
D
+5.6%
39,53435,08878,770
D
+14.1%
33,37223,95266,677
D
+7.2%
32,25526,81675,440
D
+0.5%
31,89431,55163,969
R
−17.8%
26,35037,83564,617
R
−14.1%
26,02335,53767,539
R
−14.6%
26,06935,17362,477
R
−30.2%
18,02634,01452,921
R
−19.7%
17,93927,70749,503
D
+11.5%
26,75221,20848,027
R
−14.9%
22,22630,03552,315
R
−22.5%
18,31429,00247,442
R
−29.2%
17,67032,25550,018
D
+5.1%
20,19418,20438,961
R
−7.1%
19,50322,49642,132
R
−9.1%
20,93725,15046,360
D
+21.3%
23,65515,07040,297
D
+25.2%
21,91013,00035,340
R
−23.2%
13,37321,53235,122
O
−28.9%
2,06011,18531,618
R
−64.2%
3,81319,86225,017
R
−10.2%
6,6978,29215,654
D
+4.4%
6,2785,59415,425
R
−22.4%
6,36010,19617,163
R
−45.0%
4,28511,79616,707
R
−32.6%
5,76111,55217,778
R
−37.2%
5,67612,77719,074
R
−7.6%
6,7598,04216,804
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
38.4%
Irish
12.4%
English
7.5%
Polish
4.3%
American
3.3%
Italian
2.8%
French
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.6%
2.6%
75–84
2.7%
5.6%
65–74
5.9%
6.3%
55–64
6.5%
5.4%
45–54
5.3%
6.1%
35–44
5.7%
6.2%
25–34
5.7%
5.9%
18–24
6.8%
8.1%
5–17
7.6%
2.6%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,555
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$73,555
Wisconsin$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.8%
Working age (18–64)12.5%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Spanish1.8%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
20.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
16.5%
Other Christian
5.9%
Methodist
1.5%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to three universities, La Crosse anchors a compact metro that has swung within a few points in recent presidential cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for Wisconsin's west-central corridor.

The Democratic margin in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN has rarely exceeded twenty-five points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty-four points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Democratic candidate by four points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 90% non-Hispanic-white share, a 12% poverty rate, and a median household income of $73,555 — all within the broad national range.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/29100/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 3.6 points (D+4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 100,298 votes cast, 51,189 went Democratic and 47,601 went Republican.
What is La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin's political archetype?
Akashic classifies La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin?
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin has a population of 170,190 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin?
Median household income in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin is $73,555 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, Wisconsin from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.