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Home appreciation in La Crosse, WI

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in La Crosse, WI grew an average of 9.0% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+5.4%

2025 over 2024. Wisconsin: +6.2%.

5-year, per year

+9.0%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Wisconsin: +9.9%.

10-year, per year

+6.8%

+92.6% in total since 2015. Wisconsin: +7.3%.

How does your home compare?

La Crosse, WI home prices rose 92.6% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +72.3% to +141.2%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How La Crosse, WI compares with Wisconsin

Wisconsin averaged +9.9% a year, putting La Crosse, WI behind the state overall. For five-year price growth, La Crosse, WI ranks 215th out of 409 metros nationwide and 13th out of 13 in Wisconsin.

Index, 2005 = 100

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN and Wisconsin, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearLa Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MNWisconsin
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2102102
2005 Q3104104
2005 Q4104105
2006 Q1104106
2006 Q2105105
2006 Q3106106
2006 Q4107107
2007 Q1107108
2007 Q2107108
2007 Q3108107
2007 Q4108107
2008 Q1109108
2008 Q2109106
2008 Q3108104
2008 Q4108104
2009 Q1109105
2009 Q2108103
2009 Q3107101
2009 Q4108101
2010 Q110799
2010 Q210799
2010 Q3108100
2010 Q410899
2011 Q110797
2011 Q210695
2011 Q310796
2011 Q410897
2012 Q110896
2012 Q210795
2012 Q310896
2012 Q410896
2013 Q110896
2013 Q211095
2013 Q310996
2013 Q411095
2014 Q110995
2014 Q211196
2014 Q311297
2014 Q411498
2015 Q111399
2015 Q2114100
2015 Q3116100
2015 Q4114101
2016 Q1117102
2016 Q2118103
2016 Q3121105
2016 Q4121105
2017 Q1123106
2017 Q2125109
2017 Q3126110
2017 Q4127110
2018 Q1128112
2018 Q2133115
2018 Q3132116
2018 Q4134117
2019 Q1135118
2019 Q2138120
2019 Q3138122
2019 Q4141122
2020 Q1141123
2020 Q2142124
2020 Q3144127
2020 Q4147129
2021 Q1148131
2021 Q2154138
2021 Q3163145
2021 Q4167148
2022 Q1172152
2022 Q2185163
2022 Q3184167
2022 Q4185166
2023 Q1182167
2023 Q2194176
2023 Q3202181
2023 Q4202181
2024 Q1206184
2024 Q2208190
2024 Q3212192
2024 Q4210193
2025 Q1214197
2025 Q2221201
2025 Q3222204
2025 Q4223204
2026 Q1224206
2026 Q2232213

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.8% a year over ten years, +92.6% in total.

Over this history, home prices never fell more than 1.2% from a prior peak.

The strongest year was 2022 at +14.8%, and the weakest was 2009 at -0.5%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +5.4%, against +6.2% for the state.

ZIP codes in La Crosse, WI

Over the ten years to 2025, the 14 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +72.3% in 54614 to +141.2% in 54634, while the metro as a whole rose 92.6%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 54634+141.2%
  2. 54665+113.3%
  3. 54603+101.1%
  4. 55921+99.1%
  5. 54623+92.0%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 54614+72.3%
  2. 55947+72.6%
  3. 55943+74.3%
  4. 54658+75.7%
  5. 54636+82.7%
ZIP codes in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
54634+32.8%+14.7%+9.2%+141.2%
54665+5.4%+11.9%+7.9%+113.3%
54603+5.7%+9.2%+7.2%+101.1%
55921+8.8%+10.9%+7.1%+99.1%
54623+6.1%+9.5%+6.7%+92.0%
54667+1.3%+9.9%+6.6%+89.1%
54601+3.7%+8.6%+6.5%+88.5%
54669+11.1%+9.1%+6.5%+88.3%
54650+4.0%+8.0%+6.2%+82.9%
54636+5.3%+8.2%+6.2%+82.7%
54658+2.7%+8.1%+5.8%+75.7%
55943-2.8%+8.9%+5.7%+74.3%
55947+2.2%+7.5%+5.6%+72.6%
54614-0.7%+7.4%+5.6%+72.3%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN and Wisconsin, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006103.1+3.1%103.4
2007105.1+1.9%104.7
2008105.8+0.7%103.0
2009105.3-0.5%100.0
2010105.0-0.3%96.9
2011104.5-0.5%94.0
2012105.4+0.9%93.3
2013106.6+1.1%93.0
2014108.8+2.1%94.3
2015111.6+2.5%97.4
2016116.6+4.5%101.3
2017122.4+5.0%106.3
2018128.6+5.1%112.1
2019134.7+4.7%117.4
2020140.0+3.9%122.7
2021154.6+10.5%137.1
2022177.5+14.8%157.9
2023190.6+7.4%172.0
2024203.8+6.9%185.0
2025214.9+5.4%196.5

The 13 measured metros in Wisconsin

Measured metros in Wisconsin ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Green Bay, WI+6.6%+11.1%+7.9%
2Sheboygan, WI+7.3%+10.9%+8.0%
3Fond du Lac, WI+7.1%+10.8%+7.3%
4Oshkosh-Neenah, WI+6.8%+10.7%+7.7%
5Appleton, WI+5.6%+10.4%+7.6%
6Janesville-Beloit, WI+6.1%+10.4%+8.3%
7Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI+8.1%+9.8%+7.6%
8Wausau, WI+8.3%+9.8%+7.0%
9Eau Claire, WI+5.3%+9.6%+7.6%
10Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI+6.3%+9.4%+6.9%
11Madison, WI+5.0%+9.3%+7.0%
12Kenosha, WI+6.9%+9.2%+7.6%
13La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN+5.4%+9.0%+6.8%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. The metro spans WI, MN; the comparison uses Wisconsin, the state of its principal city. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Wisconsin row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2