The overall crime rate in Onalaska is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Onalaska has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Onalaska a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Onalaska is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Onalaska who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.02% of the adults in Onalaska have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Onalaska in 2022 was $24,085, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,340 for a family of four. However, Onalaska contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Onalaska home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Onalaska residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Onalaska include Irish, Norwegian, Italian, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Onalaska is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
