Mount Pleasant vs Racine

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

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

Racine has the higher population (77,155 vs 27,694 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median household income ($90,189 vs $55,705 in Racine). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($269,900 vs $158,100 in Racine).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
Population	27,694	77,155
Median age	45.0 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,189	$55,705
Median home value	$269,900	$158,100
Median gross rent	$1,045	$983
Housing units	12,061	34,042
Homeownership rate	78.4%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
Population	26,928 → 27,694 (+2.8%)	77,081 → 77,155 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$69,485 → $90,189 (+29.8%)	$44,056 → $55,705 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $269,900 (+41.5%)	$108,700 → $158,100 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,045 (+21.7%)	$831 → $983 (+18.3%)

Mount Pleasant

Population

26,92827,694

Median household income

$69,485$90,189

Median home value

$190,800$269,900

Median gross rent

$859$1,045

Racine

Population

77,08177,155

Median household income

$44,056$55,705

Median home value

$108,700$158,100

Median gross rent

$831$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.5%
75 and over	8.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	50.7%
Black or African American	9.0%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	24.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
Drove alone	78.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.9%
Walked	0.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.0%
Other means	2.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
1-unit, detached	64.0%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	5.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Racine
Poverty rate	6.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1981	1953