Best PlacesHistoric Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee ranks 5,195th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee ranks high
- TransitBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Household income$41,831 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,831, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee's effective rate of 1.44%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee.
Who works in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, month by month
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee
Schools across Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee average an F, better than 4% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Vieau ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
- Kagel ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
- Hayes Bilingual SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- South Division HighF · 10% proficient
- Bradley Technology HighF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee
Is Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee ranks 5,195th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and low disaster risk, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,193. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $41,831 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee safe?
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee is safer than 6% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,073 per resident a year.
Compare Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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