Madison → Racine-Mount Pleasant
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Madison to Racine-Mount Pleasant is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 97.3 to 96.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $40/mo.
- -$6,336
- BLS median salary lower in Racine-Mount Pleasant
- 280 to 280
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.4:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $0
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Racine-Mount Pleasant
BEA Regional Price Parity, HUD Fair Market Rent, BLS OEWS, FBI UCR, NCES, and DOL. The table below lets you override the composite with your own priorities.
Cons of Moving
- - $6K lower median salary
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 97.3 to 96.0 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,195 → $1,235); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (1 destination wins · 2 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Racine-Mount Pleasant sits #163 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (middle third). Madison is #107/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,336 lower ($72,527 → $66,191). Labor-market size: 399,040 tracked jobs at origin vs 70,050 at destination.
Both metros sit in Wisconsin: state retirement score 57 (D, #32/51) - tax posture does not change with this move. Full state tax and healthcare sub-scores sit in the retirement desk below.
State retirement friendliness
Primary-state scores from PlainRelocate's retirement registry (tax + healthcare + climate composite). Metro pairs use each metro's primary state abbreviation.
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 56
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 40
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Racine-Mount Pleasant metro profile · Livability rankings · Methodology
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA; retirement desk: Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides June 2026