Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Wisconsin
Convenience stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #235 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 60
- 49 chain locations (82%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $432.1M
- On groceries · $5,997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 171,182
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area comes to about $432.1M a year: $5,997 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.2M per store, 9% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 60 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 49 of them (82%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #235 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | La Crosse-Onalaska metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $7.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,400 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,997 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,340 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6049 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 171,182+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 72,055
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $73,340
- Average household income
- $96,598
- Median home value
- $247,400
- Jobs located here
- 86,774
- Daytime population
- 175,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 83 | 870 | 5.9 | $11.3M | +2.6% | #9 of 387 |
| 1Madison, WI | 83 | 198 | 6.6 | $9.8M | +4.1% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 73 | 305 | 4.6 | $13.2M | 0.0% | #44 of 387 |
| 3Kenosha, WI | 72 | 36 | 5.2 | $11.9M | −0.4% | #53 of 387 |
| 4Appleton, WI | 63 | 75 | 7.5 | $8.4M | +2.7% | #107 of 387 |
| 5Green Bay, WI | 62 | 96 | 7.1 | $8.7M | +2.5% | #115 of 387 |
| 6Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 60 | 56 | 7.0 | $8.8M | +0.4% | #127 of 387 |
| 7Fond du Lac, WI | 60 | 33 | 7.6 | $7.9M | +0.5% | #130 of 387 |
| 8Sheboygan, WI | 60 | 38 | 7.6 | $7.9M | 0.0% | #131 of 387 |
| 9Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 60 | 60 | 8.3 | $7.3M | +1.4% | #133 of 387 |
| 11La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 44 | 60 | 8.3 | $7.2M | +0.4% | #235 of 387 |
Other business types in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores44
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 convenience stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area. 49 of them (82%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area spend on groceries?
About $432.1M a year, or $5,997 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.2M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,055 households in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 8.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.2M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area would have about 55, against 60 on map listings.
How fast is the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area at 171,182 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,055 households. The median household income in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area is $73,340 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area scores 44 for convenience stores (lower middle), #235 of 387 scored metro areas.
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