Living in Milwaukee

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Milwaukee sits on the shores of Lake Michigan. Towards the north there’s a green belt of parks and bike paths, south there’s the harbor and the dock for the Lake Express, the ferry to Muskegon. Milwaukee County Transit runs the extensive bus service and Bublr Bikes is the nonprofit bike share program serving the Greater Milwaukee area.

Milwaukee is known for the Miller Brewery and Harley Davidson Motorcycles was founded here. Les Paul – of the famous guitars – came from nearby Waukesha. Brady Street is the place to go for cool coffee houses and indy shopping and downtown, foodies will enjoy the indoor Milwaukee Public Market.

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Milwaukee is Somewhat Walkable

Some errands can be accomplished on foot.

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Milwaukee is the 15th most walkable large city in the US with 594,833 residents.

Milwaukee has some public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

Find apartments in Milwaukee's most walkable neighborhoods: Juneau Town, Lower East Side and Marquette.

Milwaukee Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Juneau Town	94	65	81	4,525
2	Lower East Side	89	57	87	11,246
3	Marquette	88	64	71	2,457
4	Yankee Hill	88	60	82	3,672
5	Walker's Point	87	55	60	8,615
6	Kilbourn Town	87	67	66	4,082
7	Murray Hill	86	58	94	5,903
8	Historic Mitchell Street	85	54	62	12,106
9	Brewer's Hill	85	60	83	2,300
10	Avenues West	84	60	74	9,307
11	Northpoint	83	54	88	4,004
12	Historic Third Ward	83	62	84	1,455
13	Riverside Park	81	58	92	1,144
14	Muskego Way	81	51	63	11,938
15	Clarke Square	80	51	57	8,046
16	Riverwest	79	54	85	12,091
17	Clock Tower Acres	79	56	84	1,685
18	Halyard Park	78	60	76	543
19	Polonia	78	48	65	6,129
20	Silver City	77	49	62	5,066
21	Lincoln Village	76	48	65	13,272
22	Burnham Park	76	51	58	8,133
23	Washington Park	76	53	56	4,940
24	National Park	74	50	65	2,994
25	Walnut Hill	74	55	53	2,789
26	Bay View	73	46	80	16,817
27	Forest Home Hills	72	49	74	4,823
28	King Park	72	59	64	2,307
29	Upper East Side	71	60	90	3,746
30	Capitol Heights	71	51	50	5,592
31	Triangle North	71	56	53	1,612
32	Hillside	70	62	67	2,097
33	Cambridge Heights	70	61	87	2,209
34	Metcalfe Park	70	55	50	2,878
35	Southgate	69	48	59	2,342
36	Concordia	69	55	68	2,967
37	Cold Spring Park	68	55	65	2,557
38	North Division	67	54	56	7,836
39	Layton Park	67	50	66	8,189
40	Enderis Park	67	46	53	4,989
41	Morgandale	67	48	52	8,989
42	Arlington Gardens	66	48	50	2,415
43	Columbus Park	66	49	51	4,176
44	Washington Heights	66	48	54	6,713
45	Southpoint	65	46	53	3,245
46	Garden Homes	65	55	50	2,449
47	Long View	65	48	51	3,137
48	Nash Park	65	44	57	2,490
49	Sherman Park	64	54	50	7,313
50	Amani	64	53	51	6,562
51	St. Aemilian's	64	42	54	1,752
52	Midtown	64	54	56	7,290
53	Lyons Park	64	45	60	1,412
54	Fairview	63	41	50	3,530
55	Uptown	63	51	53	6,319
56	Honey Creek Parkway	62	42	71	1,228
57	Martin Drive	62	51	58	1,884
58	Merrill Park	62	53	66	3,219
59	Kops Park	62	39	53	2,872
60	Triangle	62	54	50	547
61	Vogel Park	61	48	49	2,391
62	Lincoln Creek	60	53	51	7,186
63	White Manor	60	43	53	1,772
64	Downer Woods	60	60	70	5,141
65	Cooper Park	59	44	49	3,268
66	Dineen Park	59	47	46	3,944
67	Golden Valley	59	38	56	2,952
68	Arlington Heights	59	52	51	4,752
69	Saveland Park	59	48	55	1,593
70	Fernwood	59	41	73	2,920
71	Bluemound Heights	59	43	58	2,904
72	Old North Milwaukee	58	54	48	12,450
73	Tippecanoe	58	39	54	5,978
74	Jackson Park	58	46	62	8,278
75	Green Moor	57	41	54	574
76	Grasslyn Manor	57	50	46	4,971
77	Hawley Farms	57	44	56	1,569
78	Claytown Crest	57	41	50	1,676
79	Miller Valley	57	53	59	881
80	Wick Field	57	47	51	615
81	Borchert Field	57	50	48	3,981
82	Williamsburg	56	52	68	2,582
83	Fair Park	55	40	68	1,322
84	Cannon Park	55	41	51	2,282
85	Honey Creek Manor	55	40	48	2,833
86	Franklin Heights	55	52	53	8,455
87	Hampton Heights	54	50	47	7,138
88	Rufus King	54	53	46	4,940
89	River Bend	54	42	58	1,490
90	St. Joseph's	53	50	52	6,748
91	Root Creek	53	43	62	1,811
92	Roosevelt Grove	53	54	48	5,150
93	Sunset Heights	52	49	48	4,272
94	Castle Manor	52	43	46	3,776
95	West View	52	38	56	1,818
96	Goldman Park	51	41	50	1,731
97	Thurston Woods	51	52	48	4,144
98	Servite Woods	50	39	39	945
99	Woodland Court	50	41	58	1,081
100	Lindsay Park	50	46	44	4,703
101	Copernicus Park	50	40	48	1,341
102	Mount Mary	50	41	59	1,997
103	McGovern Park	50	51	54	3,180
104	Highwood Estates	48	41	52	2,088
105	Story Hill	48	44	58	1,741
106	Johnson's Woods	48	43	60	3,106
107	Red Oak Heights	48	42	58	670
108	Wedgewood	48	42	65	1,515
109	Town of Lake	48	41	52	5,386
110	Euclid Park	47	39	48	1,963
111	Silver Spring	47	45	49	13,072
112	GRA-RAM	47	36	41	2,149
113	Valhalla	47	45	48	4,449
114	Estabrook Park	46	40	68	607
115	Wahl Park	46	49	47	2,748
116	Grantosa	45	41	44	2,601
117	Rolling Green	45	39	59	2,087
118	Alverno	44	44	47	1,311
119	Menomonee River Hills East	44	41	41	3,006
120	Fairfield	43	49	44	2,326
121	Tripou Park	41	40	56	1,225
122	Morgan Heights	41	35	50	1,937
123	Mitchell West	40	43	43	3,638
124	The Valley-Pigsville	39	48	60	525
125	Whispering Hills	39	41	35	545
126	Alcott Park	38	32	50	1,442
127	Lincoln Park	38	53	49	5,551
128	Wilson Park	37	43	40	3,147
129	Northridge	37	36	32	1,913
130	Woodlands	36	30	37	3,487
131	Silverswan	35	43	45	3,257
132	College Heights	35	42	49	899
133	Menomonee River Hills	34	38	39	8,448
134	Town & Country Manor	32	41	49	3,087
135	Holler Park	32	41	50	515
136	Florist Highlands	31	36	37	1,346
137	Land Bank	31	33	38	1,129
138	Timmerman West	30	41	52	4,786
139	Bradley Estates	29	34	40	3,569
140	Northridge Lakes	28	40	35	2,453
141	New Coeln	28	37	39	677
142	Maitland Park	26	39	42	1,230
143	Timmerman Airport	26	41	38	500
144	Granville Station	24	35	32	1,455
145	Graceland	24	43	32	2,893
146	Melody View	24	31	45	668
147	Wyrick Park	23	37	33	1,593
148	Pheasant Run	22	35	36	1,649
149	Park Knoll	21	21	31	1,268
150	Maple Tree	20	34	37	2,404
151	Parkway Hills	20	37	34	864
152	Little Menomonee Parkway	18	35	36	988
153	Golden Gate	15	34	47	699
154	Riverton Heights	13	31	33	1,220
155	Dretzka Park	12	34	29	813
156	Calumet Farms	12	34	40	2,248
157	Heritage Heights	10	32	27	615

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Average Home Features

According to HomeAdvisor Data, these characteristics make up the average home in Milwaukee

Average square footage 1800

Homeowners have 3.2 bedrooms

Homeowners have 1.9 bathrooms

Age of home 48 years

Average time living in home 13 years

Check out HomeAdvisor’s Milwaukee Home Happiness Survey.

Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,160 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Milwaukee.

People in Milwaukee can walk to an average of 2 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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Milwaukee is Bikeable

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Bay View

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Hillside Carver Playground

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Carver Park

Jim's Time Out

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Harley-Davidson Museum

Sanders Super Bowl

Lake Park Golf Course

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