Metro area · Wisconsin

Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area

Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Wisconsin, home to 198,919 residents. Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area has a quality-of-life score of 75 out of 100 (high), ranking #234 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Wisconsin it ranks #20 of 26. It ranks best on loneliness (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and access to exercise opportunities (high). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), days with unhealthy air (high) and child care cost burden (high).

75High
Quality-of-life score
#234 of 925 metro and micro areas
Wisconsin
#20 of 26 in WI
Population
198,919 (2025)
Land area
333 mi²
Density
598.0 /mi²
CBSA code
39540

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety59#380/924
  • Economy78#201/925
  • Housing59#384/925
  • Health60#373/925
  • Healthcare70#275/923
  • Environment26#677/917
  • Education67#303/925
  • Infrastructure84#146/925
  • Community90#95/925
  • Leisure & amenities55#418/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI metro area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

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

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Racine CountyCentral county72198,919

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. Mount PleasantPrincipal city27,953
  2. RacinePrincipal city77,633

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Racine77,633
  2. Mount Pleasant27,953
  3. Caledonia25,257
  4. Burlington10,987
  5. Sturtevant6,772
  6. Waterford5,692
  7. Tichigan5,052
  8. Union Grove5,036
  9. Wind Lake4,836
  10. Raymond3,945
  11. Rochester3,764
  12. Yorkville3,243
  13. Bohners Lake2,460
  14. Browns Lake1,827
  15. Wind Point1,531
  16. Eagle Lake1,037
  17. Elmwood Park526
  18. North Bay203

Other metro and micro areas in Wisconsin

Areas based in Wisconsin, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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