Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety46#8,425/15,637
Economy19#12,660/15,631
Housing52#7,137/14,977
Health31#10,828/15,609
Healthcare57#6,769/15,650
Environment47#8,110/15,453
Education21#12,291/15,649
Infrastructure53#7,424/15,650
Community88#1,829/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,349/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Racine, Wisconsin ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Racine County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low3.9
94/100Wisconsin 10.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyRacine County value
Loneliness · low30.9%
94/100Wisconsin 31.6%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Wisconsin 4.6United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationRacine County value
Drought exposure · low4%
87/100Wisconsin 29%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAARacine County value
Public transit commuters · high1.9%
83/100Wisconsin 1.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an Amtrak station · low8 mi
81/100Wisconsin 40 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRacine County value

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high46.2%
3/100Wisconsin 39.2%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
High ozone days · high11 days
5/100Wisconsin 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRacine County value
Reading scores · low2.64
6/100Wisconsin 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRacine County value
Physical inactivity · high35.9%
7/100Wisconsin 27.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Effective property tax rate · high1.96%
8/100Wisconsin 1.32%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Math scores · low2.60
9/100Wisconsin 3.03United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRacine County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.0% (2015-2019) → 89.1% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
30.3% (2015-2019) → 23.8% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$44,056 (2015-2019) → $57,740 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
16.6% (2015-2019) → 21.4% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
84.4% (2015-2019) → 89.0% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.5× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Racine, Wisconsin improved on 7 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved7

Property tax−0.5 points2.47% → 1.96%
High school++4.5 points84.4% → 89.0%
Child poverty−6.5 points30.3% → 23.8%
Inequality−0.0300.441 → 0.410
Bachelor's++4.8 points16.6% → 21.4%

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.5× → 2.9×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Racine, Wisconsin between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.5 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	79.0%2015-2019	89.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Child poverty rate	30.3%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Improved	73%
Effective property tax rate	2.47%2015-2019	1.96%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	84.4%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Improved	79%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4412015-2019	0.4102020-2024	−0.030	Improved	74%
Median household income	$44,0562015-2019	$57,7402020-2024	+31%	Improved	58%
Poverty rate	21.0%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Public transit commuters	2.8%2015-2019	1.9%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Rent as share of income	32.8%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	54.5%2015-2019	53.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	9.5%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Racine, Wisconsin five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Racine, Wisconsin in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Racine, Wisconsin itself moved +6.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

77,633 residents (±47)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

77,633 residents (±47)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

White49%38,017
Black20%15,683
Hispanic or Latino24%18,969

Education

49,661 residents (±849)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

No high school diploma11%5,487
High school or GED33%16,297
Some college25%12,321

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

31,970 households (±731)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $25k18%5,730
$25k–50k24%7,659
$50k–75k23%7,272
$75k–100k14%4,411
$100k–150k14%4,539
$150k–200k4.3%1,376
$200k or more3.1%983

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−10.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

31,970 households (±731)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Own60%19,236
Rent40%12,734

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

12,449 households (±693)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $75018%2,209
$750–1,00029%3,604
$1,000–1,50039%4,868

Home values

19,236 homes (±964)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under $150k37%7,081
$150k–250k48%9,257
$250k–400k11%2,166

Age of homes

34,848 homes (±621)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

2010 or later1.3%†442
2000–20091.8%†640
1980–19999.5%3,320

Size of homes

34,848 homes (±621)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Studio2.3%†818
1 bedroom11%3,725
2 bedrooms30%10,564

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

35,305 workers (±1,019)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Drive alone75%26,457
Carpool11%4,053
Public transit1.9%†668
Walk1.4%†509
Bike0.2%†63
Work from home7.2%2,548
Other2.9%†1,007

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−5.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

32,757 workers (±1,028)

Racine, Wisconsin
Wisconsin share

Under 15 min33%10,914
15–29 min37%12,113
30–44 min20%6,501

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Racine County, the county holding most of Racine's residents.

Racine County has 4,114 employer establishments, 208 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Wisconsin's), with 69,594 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,811. The Census Bureau also counts 11,608 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,114; 11,608 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 208; US 248 · Wisconsin 244
Paid employees: 69,594
Average annual pay: $56,811; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Racine County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	348	17.6	0.85×About typical	4,211	$79,616	463
Specialty trade contractors	303	15.4	0.99×About typical	2,247	$80,871	800
Restaurants and other eating places	300	15.2	0.83×About typical	4,924	$19,517	47
Limited-service restaurants	143	7.2	0.90×About typical	2,523	$18,963	21
Offices of physicians	136	6.9	1.06×About typical	1,915	$101,927	58
Services to buildings and dwellings	134	6.8	1.01×About typical	1,488	$24,964	589
Full-service restaurants	128	6.5	0.84×About typical	2,083	$20,320	18
Religious organizations	123	6.2	1.12×About typical	1,176	$24,952	—
Truck transportation	121	6.1	1.21×About typical	1,525	$65,113	317
Lessors of real estate	118	6	0.49×Fewer than typical	394	$42,251	1,249
Automotive repair and maintenance	106	5.4	1.07×About typical	636	$45,101	131
Building equipment contractors	105	5.3	0.88×About typical	1,049	$72,459	139

Rank places for an industry Open Racine County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 197,390 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $2.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Racine, Wisconsin: $36.16 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.8M; +72% vs FY2025
Per resident: $36.16; US $1,994
Sole-source: 88%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$2.8M100%
Department of Veterans Affairs$40.5K1.4%
National Park Service$4,8010.2%

Top recipients

TWIN DISC, INCORPORATED$2.6M92%
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC$217K7.7%
US DIVERSIFIED CONTRACTING SERVICES INC.$28.5K1.0%
ELECTRICAL ASSEMBLY INC.$24.1K0.9%
COMPLETE CARE AT RIDGEWOOD, LLC$12K0.4%

Spending by fiscal year

1.4MFY2017
3.3MFY2018
3.6MFY2019
2.6MFY2020
3.1MFY2021
1.8MFY2022
1.4MFY2023
7.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$2.6M92%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$89.9K3.2%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$59.4K2.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$28.5K1.0%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$27.4K1.0%
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$22.8K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Racine, Wisconsin

ITEM: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY, A NSN: 3040-01-102-4224 QTY YEAR 1 : 181$164K
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC· Racine County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· SPRDL126F0131
NSN: 2530-01-103-3430 STEERING GEAR$65.7K
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC· Racine County, WI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 10, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025· W912CH25P0017
8511704003!DOOR,VEHICULAR$57.3K
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC· Racine County, WI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 16, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025· SPE7L126F0690
8511037274!REGULATOR VALVE ASS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Racine, Wisconsin, so they do not add up across cities.

Racine, Wisconsin's figures are part of those of Racine County, WI ($30.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 9.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Racine is mostly in Racine County.

See federal money in Racine County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Racine, Wisconsin is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Bryan SteilR-WI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Racine County72100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI75

Other cities and towns in Racine County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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