Racine vs Sturtevant

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

Racine and Sturtevant 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 6,787 in Sturtevant). Sturtevant has the higher median household income ($84,479 vs $55,705 in Racine). Sturtevant has the higher median home value ($231,000 vs $158,100 in Racine).

Population, income & housing

	Racine	Sturtevant
Population	77,155	6,787
Median age	35.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,705	$84,479
Median home value	$158,100	$231,000
Median gross rent	$983	$896
Housing units	34,042	1,899
Homeownership rate	60.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Racine	Sturtevant
Population	77,081 → 77,155 (+0.1%)	6,606 → 6,787 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$44,056 → $55,705 (+26.4%)	$65,718 → $84,479 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $158,100 (+45.4%)	$160,200 → $231,000 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $983 (+18.3%)	$864 → $896 (+3.7%)

Racine

Population

77,08177,155

Median household income

$44,056$55,705

Median home value

$108,700$158,100

Median gross rent

$831$983

Sturtevant

Population

6,6066,787

Median household income

$65,718$84,479

Median home value

$160,200$231,000

Median gross rent

$864$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Racine	Sturtevant
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	19.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.2%
75 and over	5.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Racine	Sturtevant
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	68.1%
Black or African American	20.1%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.7%
Asian	0.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Racine	Sturtevant
No high school diploma	11.8%	11.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Racine	Sturtevant
Drove alone	75.5%	87.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	4.7%
Public transit	1.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Racine	Sturtevant
1-unit, detached	64.8%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	16.7%
20 or more units	8.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Racine	Sturtevant
Poverty rate	18.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1953	1976