Milwaukee ranks #6 in Wisconsin for walkable streets
Milwaukee is ranked on 40 lists against the 371 Wisconsin towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
Younger than 97% of Wisconsin
Not better or worse, just Milwaukee’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Milwaukee does best on
Each list ranks every WI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Milwaukee marked.
Milwaukee lands in the top half on 10 of 26 lists
Each dot is Milwaukee’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in WI, the right end is last. Areas where Milwaukee does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for walkable streets
Lists where Milwaukee sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Milwaukee out-ranks 1 of its 10 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Milwaukee lands in every WI ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Brockway · 65.5%
#66
Most trails#1 Williams Bay · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#63
Most walkable#1 Whitefish Bay · 158 / sq mi
#6 Health
Healthiest#1 Whitefish Bay · 98 / 100
#365
Lowest obesity#1 Mequon · 28%
#313
Fewest smokers#1 Whitefish Bay · 7%
#324
Most active#1 Whitefish Bay · 14%
#348
Fewest uninsured#1 Whitefish Bay · 4%
#364
Lowest depression#1 Brookfield · 19%
#178
Closest to a top hospital#1 Waukesha · 0.2 mi
#16 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Antigo · 1.4 yrs
#55
Cheapest rent#1 Bass Lake · $404/mo
#170
Lowest property tax#1 Stanley · $1,492/yr
#162
Rent easiest to afford#1 New Richmond · 20.8%
#89 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Hayward · 12.3 min
#185 People
Most educated#1 Whitefish Bay · 81.9%
#244
Youngest#1 Whitewater · 22.1
#11
R
Oldest#1 Rome · 64.5
#361
R
Most residents 65+#1 Rome · 48.1%
#350
Most kids#1 Arcadia · 37.7%
#55 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Stephenson · 55.7%
#218
Most new homes#1 DeForest · 26.3 per 1,000
#284
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Algoma · +89.8%
#91
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Whitefish Bay · 31.3 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Geneva · 2.6
#158 
The number on the right is Milwaukee’s spot. All of Wisconsin’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every WI list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.