Racine vs Waltham

A side-by-side comparison of Racine and Waltham: population, income, housing, and more.

Racine and Waltham are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Racine has the higher population (476 vs 185 in Waltham). Racine has the higher median household income ($95,125 vs $75,833 in Waltham). Racine has the higher median home value ($239,500 vs $112,500 in Waltham).

Population, income & housing

	Racine	Waltham
Population	476	185
Median age	39.2 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,125	$75,833
Median home value	$239,500	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,318	$1,069
Housing units	175	62
Homeownership rate	90.1%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	1.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Racine	Waltham
Population	494 → 476 (-3.6%)	151 → 185 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$64,861 → $95,125 (+46.7%)	$67,500 → $75,833 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$167,700 → $239,500 (+42.8%)	$77,900 → $112,500 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,318 (+29.1%)	$838 → $1,069 (+27.6%)

Racine

Population

494476

Median household income

$64,861$95,125

Median home value

$167,700$239,500

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,318

Waltham

Population

151185

Median household income

$67,500$75,833

Median home value

$77,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$838$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Racine	Waltham
Under 5	3.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	24.6%	37.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	5.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	17.2%	23.2%
45 to 54	18.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.4%
75 and over	3.2%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Racine	Waltham
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	78.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Racine	Waltham
No high school diploma	3.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Racine	Waltham
Drove alone	82.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Racine	Waltham
1-unit, detached	97.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Racine	Waltham
Poverty rate	9.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.78	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1976	1941