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Electricians in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area
How the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #354 of 383 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 32
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $193.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,690 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 76% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 171,182
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #354 of 383 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 electricians in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area comes to about $193.8M a year: $2,690 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per company, 50% below the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area was 41 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,757 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area. Population estimates show the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
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 home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the electricians 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 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $10.1M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,757 | 1,699 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +6.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,690 | $2,759 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,340 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 410.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 380
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 320 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors 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 electricians, 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 | 72 | 324 | 2.2 | $14.5M | +2.6% | #34 of 383 |
| 1Kenosha, WI | 71 | 12 | 1.7 | $16.1M | −0.4% | #38 of 383 |
| 2Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 61 | 135 | 2.1 | $13.7M | 0.0% | #96 of 383 |
| 3Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 61 | 17 | 2.1 | $13M | +0.4% | #100 of 383 |
| 4Madison, WI | 58 | 81 | 2.7 | $11.1M | +4.1% | #132 of 383 |
| 5Green Bay, WI | 50 | 38 | 2.8 | $9.9M | +2.5% | #197 of 383 |
| 6Fond du Lac, WI | 48 | 10 | 2.3 | $11.5M | +0.5% | #210 of 383 |
| 7Wausau, WI | 43 | 15 | 2.6 | $10.5M | +1.0% | #247 of 383 |
| 8Appleton, WI | 41 | 28 | 2.8 | $10.3M | +2.7% | #264 of 383 |
| 9Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 35 | 22 | 3.0 | $8.9M | +1.4% | #311 of 383 |
| 12La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 27 | 32 | 4.4 | $6.1M | +0.4% | #354 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area?
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 32 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $193.8M a year, or $2,690 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 electricians on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. 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 electricians?
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 4.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $6.1M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area would have about 16, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,757 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
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 27 for electricians (lower middle), #354 of 383 scored metro areas.
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