La GrangeWI
This town of 2,475 people was settled in 1843.
Is La Grange a good place to live?
The best of La Grange’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a C− for walkability. La Grange's schools rank behind 75% of the state's. Among 264 Wisconsin towns, just 10 have a higher typical home value than La Grange. La Grange’s density of trails is 1.8 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Wisconsin’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Young Prairie State Natural Area, at 99 acres. La Grange has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes La Grange stand out
Where La Grange beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave La Grange for work
Where La Grange’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How La Grange grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far La Grange is from typical.
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Moving to La Grange: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in La Grange, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in La Grange.
La Grange’s typical home value is about $642K
The share of households in La Grange who live in a home they own: 94%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
La Grange has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most people who work leave La Grange to do it: just 2% work in town. La Grange’s typical household income comes in at $96,000. Since 2013, La Grange has added 44 jobs, to 247 in 2023. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 4%.
| La Grange | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A older population than Wisconsin as a whole
In La Grange, the midpoint age is 53.9 years. People 65 and older are 30% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). Among adults 25 and older locally, 41% hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| La Grange | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.9 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.6 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 67% are men (WI 43%).
| La Grange | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.4% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.8% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.8% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.2% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.1% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Natural hazards: low risk in La Grange, mostly inland flooding
53% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 17%. La Grange’s FEMA hazard score stands at 28 of 100. It has had one paid flood insurance claim since 2018.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in La Grange brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 82° and January nights of 12°, with about 34 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of La Grange are healthier than three in five U.S. towns
On the CDC’s 32 measures, La Grange is ahead of Wisconsin on 8 and behind on 7. In La Grange, just over a fifth of adults binge drink. Among adults locally, 28% have high blood pressure and 74% had a checkup this year.
| La Grange | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | La Grange | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.7% | 3.4% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.1% | 11.4% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 9.2% | 6.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 0.4% of La Grange
Trails total 65 miles in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kettle Moraine State Forest - Southern Unit | 58.7 mi | 4,876 |
| 2. Bluff Creek State Natural Area | 1 mi | 92 |
| 3. Young Prairie State Natural Area | — | 99 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about La Grange
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of La Grange
About 6 of every 100 La Grange residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About La Grange
Town in Wisconsin, United States
La Grange is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,472 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Heart Prairie, La Grange, Lauderdale, Lauderdale Lakes, and Lauderdale Shores are located in the town.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 948 ft
- Area code
- 262
La Grange’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with La Grange.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange | — | — | C+ | — | C | B |
| Troy | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Sugar Creek | #138 | A− | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Palmyra | — | — | B | — | C− | B− |
| Whitewater | — | — | C+ | — | C | B− |
La Grange, Troy, Palmyra and Whitewater have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. La Grange, Troy, Sugar Creek, Palmyra and Whitewater report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare La Grange with a neighbor →
Questions about La Grange
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is La Grange, WI expensive?
That is 8 years of the area's median household income ($80,520 across the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.