Overall, Onalaska’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Onalaska has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Onalaska a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Onalaska does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Onalaska is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.02% of adults 25 and older in Onalaska have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Onalaska in 2022 was $24,085, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,340 for a family of four. However, Onalaska contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Onalaska home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Onalaska residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Onalaska include Irish, Norwegian, Italian, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Onalaska is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
