Best PlacesKilbourn Town, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kilbourn Town, 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.
Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee ranks 3,631st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kilbourn Town, 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.
Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Short commute15.6 minutes each way, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,970, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee's effective rate of 1.82%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee
Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee.
Who works in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 29%
Life in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee
Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 95% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee, month by month
Kilbourn Town, 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 Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 7 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 Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee
Schools across Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee average an F, better than 3% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Vieau ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
- Elm Creative Arts ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
- Siefert ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln MiddleF · 5% proficient
- Roosevelt MiddleF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Tenor HighD− · 13% proficient
- Milwaukee High School Of The ArtsF · 9% proficient
- Bradley Technology HighF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kilbourn Town, 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 Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee
Is Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee ranks 3,631st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, heat safety, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $322,838. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,970 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee safe?
Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee is safer than 7% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $976 per resident a year.
Compare Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kilbourn Town, 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.
Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kilbourn Town, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kilbourn Town, 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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