Holmen vs Onalaska

A side-by-side comparison of Holmen and Onalaska: population, income, housing, and more.

Holmen and Onalaska are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Onalaska has the higher population (18,909 vs 11,027 in Holmen). Onalaska has the higher median household income ($84,898 vs $77,083 in Holmen). Onalaska has the higher median home value ($279,100 vs $262,600 in Holmen).

Population, income & housing

	Holmen	Onalaska
Population	11,027	18,909
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,083	$84,898
Median home value	$262,600	$279,100
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,096
Housing units	4,753	8,676
Homeownership rate	65.3%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holmen	Onalaska
Population	9,854 → 11,027 (+11.9%)	18,662 → 18,909 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$70,159 → $77,083 (+9.9%)	$61,429 → $84,898 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $262,600 (+32.9%)	$196,600 → $279,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,164 (+29.0%)	$890 → $1,096 (+23.1%)

Holmen

Population

9,85411,027

Median household income

$70,159$77,083

Median home value

$197,600$262,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,164

Onalaska

Population

18,66218,909

Median household income

$61,429$84,898

Median home value

$196,600$279,100

Median gross rent

$890$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holmen	Onalaska
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.5%
75 and over	7.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holmen	Onalaska
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	5.7%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holmen	Onalaska
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holmen	Onalaska
Drove alone	82.2%	83.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holmen	Onalaska
1-unit, detached	51.3%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	12.7%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Holmen	Onalaska
Poverty rate	5.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1998	1991