Best PlacesUptown, Racine, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Uptown, Racine, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Uptown, Racine ranks 4,696th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Uptown, Racine
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Uptown, Racine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Uptown, Racine ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
Where Uptown, Racine ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Uptown, Racine
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uptown, Racine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,512, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Uptown, Racine's effective rate of 2.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Uptown, Racine
Uptown, Racine runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Uptown, Racine.
Who works in Uptown, Racine, and how
Work in Uptown, Racine centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Uptown, Racine
Uptown, Racine has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Uptown, Racine and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Uptown, Racine, month by month
Uptown, Racine sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 20° |
| April | 55° | 45° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 62° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Uptown, Racine
General Mitchell International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Uptown, Racine
Schools across Uptown, Racine average a D−, better than 5% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Gilmore Fine Arts SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- West Ridge ElementaryF · 10% proficient
- Mitchell SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Starbuck - An Ib World SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Uptown, Racine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uptown, Racine measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Uptown, Racine against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Uptown, Racine
Is Uptown, Racine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uptown, Racine ranks 4,696th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Uptown, Racine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $106,065. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $53,512 median income, cost of living beats 24% of neighborhoods.
Is Uptown, Racine safe?
Uptown, Racine is safer than 25% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $666 per resident a year.
Compare Uptown, Racine with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uptown, Racine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uptown, Racine represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Uptown, Racine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uptown, Racine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uptown, Racine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uptown, Racine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uptown, Racine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uptown, Racine detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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