Property Tax & Income in Racine County, Wisconsin
Racine County has an effective property tax rate of 1.63%. On the median home value of $251,400, that's roughly $4,099 per year. Median household income is $78,096.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Racine County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.63% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $251,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 7.65% | top rate 7.65% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.72% combined | 5.72% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Racine County, WI
Buying in Racine County means weighing a median home value of $251,400 against an effective property tax rate of 1.630% — well above Wisconsin's 1.362% statewide median and nearly double the national figure of 0.794%. That rate ranks third among the state's 72 counties, so taxes take a bigger bite here than almost anywhere else in Wisconsin. In practice, the median annual real-estate tax bill lands at $4,099. With median household income at $78,096, that bill equals roughly one month's pay each year. Per-capita income sits at $41,162. Racine, the county's largest city, anchors the area, with Caledonia and Rochester also drawing buyers. Anyone comparing Racine County with lower-tax Wisconsin counties should factor that higher rate into the monthly budget, since it adds meaningfully to the cost of owning a home here.