Summary for Onalaska

About Onalaska (Click for our profile page)

Located in: La Crosse County (see below)

Time Zone: Onalaska lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)

Telephone Area Codes: 608 & 353<1>

Elevation: 710 feet [216.41 m] above sea level<2>

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Onalaska)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<3>	18,956 (6.88% increase since 2010)
2010:	17,736 (19.52% increase since 2000)
2000:	14,839

Total Area:<4> 10.73 sq. miles [27.8 km²] - of which 5.6% is water (0.6 sq. miles [1.6 km²])

Housing Units:<5> 7,608

Official Website: www.ci.onalaska.wi.us/

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<6>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Onalaska:

Lat: 43.886900° (or 43°53'12" N)

Lon: -91.219000° (or -91°13'8" W)

USGS Topo Map: Onalaska<7>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Onalaska

GNIS ID: 1583861

FIPS State / Place Code: 55 / 59925

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Onalaska)

About La Crosse County

The city of La Crosse is the County Seat for La Crosse County.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for La Crosse)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	118,016 (2.74% increase since 2010)
2010	114,872 (7.24% increase since 2000)
2000:	107,120

Total Area: 479.9 sq. miles [1,243 km²] - of which 5.88% is water (28.24 sq. miles [73.1 km²])

Housing Units: 48,402

Official Website: www.co.la-crosse.wi.us/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for La Crosse

GNIS ID: 1581091

FIPS State / County Code: 55 / 063

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Onalaska)

About Wisconsin

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	5,824,581 (2.42% increase since 2010)
2010:	5,686,986 (6.03% increase since 2000)
2000:	5,363,675

Websites for State of Wisconsin

Official Website: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Tourism: https://www.travelwisconsin.com/

Parks: https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/

Fishing: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Fishing

Hunting: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Hunt

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Wisconsin

GNIS ID: 1779806

FIPS State: 55

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Onalaska)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Onalaska: www.ci.onalaska.wi.us/

The official website for La Crosse County: www.co.la-crosse.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Onalaska area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Onalaska area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Onalaska - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Onalaska. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<5>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
<6>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Onalaska, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<7>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Onalaska.