Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,253, settled in 1840.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Yorkville grades B+ overall, 162nd of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin. Natural-hazard risk is low. The median household earns $123K and its schools outperform 82% of the state's. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $541K, 6.9 years of the Racine metro’s $78K median household income. Yorkville’s income of the median household is $123,000, against $87,000 in Wisconsin’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns.
Where Yorkville beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkville Elementary | PK–8 | 465 |
Where Yorkville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Yorkville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,291 in 2000, 3,246 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1885 and 4 maps from 1893 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Yorkville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Yorkville.
Yorkville draws workers from Racine and beyond and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Wisconsin; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Wisconsin.
At 6.9 years of the Racine metro’s $78K median household income, the typical home (about $541K) costs more against local pay than in 93% of Wisconsin towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
The share of households in Yorkville who own their home: 92%. Typical home values rose 8.3% in the year to September 2026. The going rate for rent for Yorkville comes to $1,632 a month.
| Yorkville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,632 a month | $1,076 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its one school is below. The Yorkville J2 School District runs its public schools. 465 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 465 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
3,309 jobs are based in Yorkville, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 2,355 in 2013 to 3,309.
For most workers, Yorkville is a place to come home to: only 7% work in town. Employers in Yorkville added 954 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 3,309. The top destinations are Milwaukee (13%), Racine (11%) and Union Grove (6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 14 miles.
| Yorkville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
52% of Yorkville’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 18%. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 96% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim here since 2017.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Count the trails in 5 parks and preserves and they come to 8.6 miles. Yorkville’s density of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Yorkville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Evans Park | — | 15 |
| 2. Old Settlers Park | — | 14 |
| 3. Yorkville Baseball Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 5,314 U.S. towns with household incomes like Yorkville’s, it is less healthy than 73%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
14% of adults in Yorkville report frequent mental distress; 40% have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Yorkville beats the Wisconsin average on 9 and trails it on 2. For adults here, the share who report frequent physical distress is 12%.
| Yorkville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Yorkville | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 12.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.2% | 9.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household earns $122,936, against $77,485 across Wisconsin, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
In Yorkville, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide). The town’s age of the median resident comes in at 46.8 years. 33% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 33% across Wisconsin.
| Yorkville | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.8 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Yorkville | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.2% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.2% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.4% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.6% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.6% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.6% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.8% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
The Union Grove weather station records that 41 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 76% of Wisconsin places with climate records. The Union Grove weather station records that about 9 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 77% of Wisconsin places with climate records.
July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 14°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Yorkville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
23 mi Stadium & arenaFiserv Forum
23 mi MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum350K visitors a year
23 mi Stadium & arenaUW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
22 mi TheatreAlpine Valley Music Theatre
22 mi MuseumHarley-Davidson Museum300K visitors a yearSix Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Fiserv Forum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Milwaukee Art Museum: Michael Hicks (Mulad), CC BY 2.0 · UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena: Shadowlink1014, Public domain · Alpine Valley Music Theatre: chad davis, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Harley-Davidson Museum: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0 us
6 within 15 miles of the center of Yorkville
About 4 of every 100 Yorkville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
Village in Wisconsin, United States
Yorkville is a village and former town in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,246 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Ives Grove, Sylvania, and Yorkville are located in the town.
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5 towns share a border with Yorkville.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkville | #162 | B+ | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Union Grove | #102 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Mount Pleasant | #328 | C | C | B− | D | B− |
| Dover | #143 | A− | C+ | — | B | B |
| Paris | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Raymond | #188 | B+ | C− | — | A− | B |
Paris has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Yorkville, Union Grove, Dover, Paris and Raymond report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Yorkville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Yorkville grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #162 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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