Property Tax & Income in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
La Crosse County has an effective property tax rate of 1.54%. On the median home value of $257,000, that's roughly $3,947 per year. Median household income is $73,013.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | La Crosse County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.54% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $257,000 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 7.65% | top rate 7.65% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.72% combined | 5.72% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About La Crosse County, WI
La Crosse County's effective property tax rate of 1.536% sits well above Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362%, and it ranks 12th among the state's 72 counties. That places the county in the higher-taxing tier within Wisconsin. Against the national median of 0.794%, the gap is nearly double, a striking contrast that reflects how heavily local governments in this part of the country lean on property taxes. A median home value of $257,000 generates an annual tax bill of about $3,947. With median household income at $73,013, that bill equals roughly 5.4% of a typical household's earnings. Communities such as La Crosse, the county's largest city, anchor a region where homeowners should expect property taxes to claim a meaningful share of their budgets each year.