Bison vs La Crosse

A side-by-side comparison of Bison and La Crosse: population, income, housing, and more.

Bison and La Crosse are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

La Crosse has the higher population (1,081 vs 201 in Bison). Bison has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $50,872 in La Crosse). La Crosse has the higher median home value ($82,800 vs $51,000 in Bison).

Population, income & housing

	Bison	La Crosse
Population	201	1,081
Median age	42.3 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$50,872
Median home value	$51,000	$82,800
Median gross rent	—	$744
Housing units	122	629
Homeownership rate	97.8%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bison	La Crosse
Population	167 → 201 (+20.4%)	1,232 → 1,081 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $63,250 (+59.4%)	$41,094 → $50,872 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $51,000 (-2.9%)	$83,800 → $82,800 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$689 → $744 (+8.0%)

Bison

Population

167201

Median household income

$39,688$63,250

Median home value

$52,500$51,000

La Crosse

Population

1,2321,081

Median household income

$41,094$50,872

Median home value

$83,800$82,800

Median gross rent

$689$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bison	La Crosse
Under 5	6.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	14.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	2.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	22.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	14.1%
75 and over	6.0%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bison	La Crosse
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bison	La Crosse
No high school diploma	2.8%	13.7%
High school graduate	33.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bison	La Crosse
Drove alone	93.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bison	La Crosse
1-unit, detached	97.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Bison	La Crosse
Poverty rate	24.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.21	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1938	1953