La Crosse, Florida

Population

Growing. Up 1.9% since 2020.

323

people, the 388th-largest of Florida's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Florida's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

Rent

Median rent is up 117% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,083

a month. Florida's median is $1,669.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,627 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Alachua County.

• $1,061 Tract 21.01
• $2,688 Tract 1108

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$688–$1,031

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,083 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

32% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 32% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2018 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 70% less than Florida's.

$106,600

median home value in La Crosse.

• $106,600 La Crosse
• $359,000 Florida
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year