What is the cost of living in Racine-Mount Pleasant?

Racine-Mount Pleasant has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 96.0, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 92.0, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,235/month.

What is the median salary in Racine-Mount Pleasant?

The median salary in Racine-Mount Pleasant is $66,191 annually (mean: $69,262). Top occupations include Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Retail Salespersons, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.

How safe is Racine-Mount Pleasant?

The violent crime rate in the Racine-Mount Pleasant area is 280 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1157 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Racine-Mount Pleasant?

The state of WI has 2,205 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. Charter schools make up 10.7% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Racine-Mount Pleasant?

Infant center-based childcare in the Racine-Mount Pleasant area averages $11,256 per year. Preschool averages $10,203/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Racine-Mount Pleasant a good place to relocate?

Racine-Mount Pleasant has a Life Score of 48.8/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does Racine-Mount Pleasant sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Racine-Mount Pleasant ranks #163 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

BEA RPP 96.0 sits mid-pack (#241 of 387 metros); cost is not the extreme signal here.

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

96.0
Cost index (US=100): $1,235
2BR rent / mo: $66,191
Median salary: 53.3
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Racine-Mount Pleasant ranks #163 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (53.3/100), with its strongest marks in low hazard and job market.

#163
of 387 US metros · Above median: 5,960,975
metro-area population: 280
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 2,205
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: climate (34/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Racine-Mount Pleasant ranks #163 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 96.0 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,235/mo, median salary $66,191; LiveAbility Score 53.3/100, strongest in low hazard and job market.

Signature: BEA RPP 96.0 sits mid-pack (#241 of 387 metros); cost is not the extreme signal here.

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 96.0 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,235/mo.

LiveAbility 53.3/100 keeps Racine-Mount Pleasant in the middle third (#163 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Racine-Mount Pleasant area is 70,050.

Racine-Mount Pleasant vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

53 Top 42% higher than 58% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Racine-Mount Pleasant housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Racine-Mount Pleasant MSA; housing RPP 92.0 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,235/mo.

Studio

$851

/month

1 Bedroom

$988

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,235

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,592

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,962

/month

Racine-Mount Pleasant wages and employment

Racine-Mount Pleasant posts 70,050 total employment with median salary $66,191.

Median Salary

$66,191

Mean Salary

$69,262

Total Employment

70,050

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	$35,740
Retail Salespersons	$30,970
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$45,430
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$28,670
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$45,300

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Racine-Mount Pleasant area from NCES.

Schools

2,205

Enrollment

814,921

Student:Teacher

14.4:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Racine-Mount Pleasant area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$11,256

per year

Toddler (Center)

$10,203

per year

Preschool (Center)

$10,203

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Racine-Mount Pleasant's composite Life Score is 48.8/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

38/100

Below average

Wages

60/100

Above average

Rent

60/100

Above average

Crime

60/100

Above average

Schools

48/100

Average

Childcare

40/100

Below average

Environment

26/100

Weak

LiveAbility Score

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Racine-Mount Pleasant ranks #163 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 53.3/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Low hazard (66/100)

Low hazard

66
Job market

60
Housing

60
Safety

60
Air quality

59
Schools

52
Cost of living

38
Climate

34

What this shows Racine-Mount Pleasant's strongest dimensions are low hazard and job market; its weakest among scored dims is climate at 34/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Racine-Mount Pleasant on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Racine-Mount Pleasant on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Racine-Mount Pleasant cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Racine-Mount Pleasant wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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