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Property management companies in La Crosse County, WI
How La Crosse County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #740 of 910 scored counties
#23 of 27 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $717.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,925 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 76
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 121,339
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for property management companies in La Crosse County is 33 (lower middle), #740 of 910 scored counties and #23 of 27 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 property management companies in La Crosse County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.
At $13,925 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in La Crosse County spend about $717.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per company is 24% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money property management companies take in.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in La Crosse County was 23 in 2023. That is one for every 2,239 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of La Crosse County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How La Crosse County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | La Crosse County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 76 | 101 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,239 | 2,585 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,925 | $14,211 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $73,013 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 144
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 residential and commercial property managers in La Crosse County, 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 La Crosse County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 121,339+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 51,497
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 452 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 267
- Median household income
- $73,013+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,214
- Median home value
- $257,000
- Jobs located here
- 72,448
- Daytime population
- 134,687Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Croix County, WI | 77 | 7 | 1.9 | 154 | +4.7% | #58 of 910 |
| 2Washington County, WI | 68 | 7 | 1.2 | 224 | +1.8% | #152 of 910 |
| 3Portage County, WI | 63 | 5 | 1.7 | 149 | +2.2% | #234 of 910 |
| 4Outagamie County, WI | 61 | 15 | 1.9 | 138 | +2.6% | #275 of 910 |
| 5Sheboygan County, WI | 59 | 8 | 1.6 | 155 | 0.0% | #295 of 910 |
| 6Fond du Lac County, WI | 59 | 7 | 1.6 | 154 | +0.5% | #296 of 910 |
| 7Racine County, WI | 57 | 14 | 1.7 | 147 | +0.4% | #319 of 910 |
| 8Jefferson County, WI | 56 | 7 | 2.0 | 128 | +0.3% | #340 of 910 |
| 9Waukesha County, WI | 55 | 35 | 2.1 | 141 | +2.4% | #359 of 910 |
| 10Wood County, WI | 53 | 6 | 1.9 | 129 | −0.2% | #385 of 910 |
| 23La Crosse County, WI | 33 | 17 | 3.3 | 76 | +0.3% | #740 of 910 |
Other business types in La Crosse County
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate29
- Real estate agents and brokers27
- Property management33
- Mortgage brokers and lenders60
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in La Crosse County, WI?
There are 17 property management companies on map listings in La Crosse County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in La Crosse County, WI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $717.1M a year, or $13,925 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 24% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money property management companies take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,497 households in La Crosse County and national spending patterns by income.
How does La Crosse County, WI compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
La Crosse County has 3.3 property management companies per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 76, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, La Crosse County would have about 13, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,239 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is La Crosse County, WI growing?
Population estimates put La Crosse County at 121,339 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,497 households. The median household income in La Crosse County is $73,013 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
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. La Crosse County scores 33 for property management companies (lower middle), #740 of 910 scored counties.
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