Health care · Metro area · Wisconsin
Primary care and pediatric clinics in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area
The primary care and pediatric clinics in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #19 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 23
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $100.6M
- On medical and dental services · $1,396 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 56% below 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 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for primary care and pediatric clinics, ranking #19 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for primary care and pediatric clinics.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 primary care and pediatric clinics in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 56% below the U.S. rate of 7.2.
Households in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area spend about $100.6M a year on medical and dental services, or $1,396 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each clinic on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 2,669 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. 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 medical and dental services by the primary care and pediatric clinics 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 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 7.2 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $2.8M | $1.8M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,669 | 768 | 593 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.6% | −2.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,396 | $1,435 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $73,340 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27
- Employees, 2023
- 276
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 64Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 offices of physicians 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 primary care and pediatric clinics, 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 | 86 | 566 | 3.8 | $4.3M | +2.6% | #8 of 387 |
| 1Madison, WI | 85 | 184 | 6.1 | $2.5M | +4.1% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Janesville-Beloit, WI | 84 | 10 | 1.5 | $9.3M | +1.7% | #11 of 387 |
| 3La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 80 | 23 | 3.2 | $4.4M | +0.4% | #19 of 387 |
| 4Fond du Lac, WI | 79 | 11 | 2.5 | $5.5M | +0.5% | #21 of 387 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 78 | 34 | 2.8 | $4.9M | +0.2% | #24 of 387 |
| 5Eau Claire, WI | 77 | 28 | 3.9 | $3.6M | +2.6% | #31 of 387 |
| 6Appleton, WI | 71 | 51 | 5.1 | $2.9M | +2.7% | #54 of 387 |
| 7Wausau, WI | 67 | 17 | 2.9 | $4.8M | +1.0% | #71 of 387 |
| 8Sheboygan, WI | 67 | 23 | 4.6 | $3M | 0.0% | #73 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
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics77
- Dentists and orthodontists54
- Primary care and pediatrics80
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors23
- Physical therapy70
- Optometrists and eye care67
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area?
There are 23 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts also show 64 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $100.6M a year, or $1,396 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per clinic. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics. 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 primary care and pediatric clinics?
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area has 3.2 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $4.4M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the national ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area would have about 57, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,669 households, against one for every 593 across 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 80 for primary care and pediatric clinics (high), #19 of 387 scored metro areas.
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