La Crosse vs McCracken

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

La Crosse and McCracken 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 120 in McCracken). La Crosse has the higher median household income ($50,872 vs $39,375 in McCracken). La Crosse has the higher median home value ($82,800 vs $29,100 in McCracken).

Population, income & housing

	La Crosse	McCracken
Population	1,081	120
Median age	49.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,872	$39,375
Median home value	$82,800	$29,100
Median gross rent	$744	—
Housing units	629	96
Homeownership rate	72.1%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	La Crosse	McCracken
Population	1,232 → 1,081 (-12.3%)	141 → 120 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$41,094 → $50,872 (+23.8%)	$50,132 → $39,375 (-21.5%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $82,800 (-1.2%)	$41,300 → $29,100 (-29.5%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $744 (+8.0%)	—

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

McCracken

Population

141120

Median household income

$50,132$39,375

Median home value

$41,300$29,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	La Crosse	McCracken
Under 5	9.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	10.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	24.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.1%	21.7%
75 and over	18.3%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	La Crosse	McCracken
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	La Crosse	McCracken
No high school diploma	13.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	La Crosse	McCracken
Drove alone	80.5%	85.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	La Crosse	McCracken
1-unit, detached	93.3%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	La Crosse	McCracken
Poverty rate	5.8%	15.8%
Average household size	1.89	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	15	29
Median year structure built	1953	1938