CITY PROFILE
Racine, WI
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Racine is a smaller metro with housing on the pricier side of our dataset, so budget accordingly if you're considering a move here. You'll experience a temperate four-season climate with moderate sunshine and moderate rainfall—typical Midwest weather without extremes. It's a compact community, which means less urban sprawl but also a more limited metro footprint to explore.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $317K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,495/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 9.4°C · warmest 22.3°C · coolest -2°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 964 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 3.67 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #231 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy86
- Affordable to rent77
- Climate comfort46
- Plenty of sunshine33
- Big-city amenities44
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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