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Place dossier plate
SheetFL-LA-CROSSE-FL · La Crosse, FL 227 pop · income 70th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around La Crosse
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Crosse on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jacob City · lowest
33,333
Jacob City · lowest
33,333 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #1
Kitty Hawk · near
88,811
Kitty Hawk · near
88,811 median HH income
98.5% of the leader · rank #2
La Crosse · this city
88,819
La Crosse · this city
88,819 median HH income
98.5% of the leader · rank #3
Rodeo · near
88,819
Rodeo · near
88,819 median HH income
98.5% of the leader · rank #4
Callicoon · near
88,819
Callicoon · near
88,819 median HH income
98.5% of the leader · rank #5
Savoy · near
88,828
Savoy · near
88,828 median HH income
98.5% of the leader · rank #6
Sorrento · highest
90,192
Sorrento · highest
90,192 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for La Crosse on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 227.
La Crosse ranks in the 70th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
70th
percentile, household income
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: La Crosse, FL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 227 residents in La Crosse, a small town within Florida. La Crosse households earn a median of $88,819 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.3%. The median resident age is 50.2 years. 30.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 53.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Florida at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,526 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of La Crosse's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For La Crosse, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for La Crosse?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Waukeenah (225 residents); Jacob City (224 residents, $33,333 income); Worthington Springs (235 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Dragoon, AZ (227 residents); Lonsdale, AR (227 residents); Montgomery Creek, CA (227 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Is La Crosse growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +6 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.9% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in La Crosse?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
C+
City profile score · La Crosse, FL
60/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A-
2.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$88,819
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C
30.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
La Crosse profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 84/100 (A-) · 2.3%
Household income: 68/100 (B-) · $88,819
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.9%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does La Crosse compare to other US cities?
La Crosse measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares La Crosse against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places La Crosse near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, La Crosse ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Crosse only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#236 of 903
74th percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#797 of 930
14th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#407 of 930
56th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$88,819La Crosse, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Crosse, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for La Crosse, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
227
Median Income
$88,819
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
50.2
Poverty Rate
2.3%
Labor force participation
53.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.9%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
La Crosse's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
317 residents
2021
317 residents
2022
320 residents
2023
324 residents
2024
324 residents
2025
323 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.6%
Carpool
12.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.0%
Other
2.6%
Based on 117 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for La Crosse. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around La Crosse is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county La Crosse sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How La Crosse compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.