Racine, told straight. By the numbers.
Where the City of Racine single-family market actually stands as of April 2026 — Lake Michigan frontage at the most accessible prices in the tri-county.
Where the market sits, april 2026.
Racine April median was $225,000 — up from $204,000 a year ago. That's a 10.3% YoY jump.
YTD median is $220,000, up 10% over 2025 YTD. The growth is consistent across April and the year-to-date period, not a one-month bump.
Median time to offer is 4 days. Half of Racine homes go under contract within the first long weekend.
0.94 months of supply — very tight. Roughly 56 active listings spread across all price points.
Source: MLS (FlexMLS via GMAR), single-family, pulled May 17, 2026. Filtered to Racine, Racine County. Numbers reflect what closed in April 2026 and the 2026 year-to-date period.
Racine is the affordability arbitrage of the tri-county.
When buyers can't make Milwaukee County math work, more of them look at Racine. That dynamic is showing up in the data: prices up 10% YoY, days on market dropping (median from 4 to 4 stayed flat, but YTD median CDOM dropped from 16 to 10), and inventory holding roughly flat. Demand is meaningfully expanding faster than supply.
Sale-to-list ratio is 101.4% in April — sellers getting slightly over asking on average. Year-ago that was 100%. Pricing pressure is intensifying, not loosening.
Average days on market dropped from 33 to 28 YTD — a 15% improvement. Median dropped even more, from 16 days to 10. Both directions confirm a tightening market.
The price-tier story is concentrated: $200K–$300K carries 58% of April's volume. That's the heart of the Racine market. The $300K–$400K segment is up 100% YTD — Racine is starting to develop a real mid-tier that didn't exist as recently as 2024.
Short read for buyers: Racine gives you the most house for your money in the tri-county. But the window is closing — prices have appreciated 10% in a year. If the math works, move. Short read for sellers: list at the actual market, not where you wished it was. The buyer pool is real but they're educated.
April 2026 sales, by price tier.
Racine concentrates heavily in the $100K–$300K range — that's the entire market. The $200K–$250K tier alone is a third of monthly volume. The $300K+ segment is small but the fastest-growing — Racine is slowly developing a mid-tier.
Numbers tell you what. A conversation tells you whether it fits.
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