Holmen is a village of about 11,900 in La Crosse County, up US 53 from I-90 Exit 4, in what the county calls its primary growth corridor. It runs roughly seven miles north to south along Highways 53 and 35, and it's one of the faster growing communities in the state. From Eau Claire it's about 73 miles, an hour and forty-five minutes down Highway 93 and Highway 53.
The industrial ground is all on the north end. The North Holmen Industrial Area is just over 100 acres with about 81 of them developable, zoned light industrial, half a mile from four-lane Highway 53 and ten miles from I-90, with village water and sewer mains, gas along Granary Street and power on site. Kwik Trip, XeteX, Dairyland and Holmen Cheese are already in the North Holmen park, and around 60 percent of that land is still open. Bluffview, Hawkeye and McGilvray are the other three parks up there, and all of them were certified shovel-ready in December 2025 after checks on soil, utilities, zoning and ownership.
The other lots that matter belong to the village and the school district. The Municipal Center is here, and the district runs Holmen High School on McHugh Road with about 1,200 students, a middle school and four elementary schools. In April 2026 voters passed an operational referendum for programming, safety and maintenance, and it explicitly does not fund new buildings, which puts the money on the buildings and grounds already there.
Where the lots are in Holmen
- North Holmen Industrial Park
- Bluffview Business Park
- Hawkeye Business Park
- McGilvray Park
- Highway 35 and Highway 53
Around Holmen:
Star Hill, Empire Stadium at Holmen High School, The Holmen Municipal Center, The old Holmen Bank building at Main and State, Drugan's Golf Club on Sylvester Road.
11,866 people, 2024 Census estimate.
La Crosse County is in the Driftless Area, never glaciated, with the bedrock near the surface and loess over much of it. Star Hill, the bluff behind the village with the lit star on it, is what that looks like from the road.