Best PlacesLayton Park, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Layton Park, Milwaukee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Layton Park, Milwaukee ranks 4,633rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Layton Park, 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.
Layton Park, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Layton Park, Milwaukee ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
Where Layton Park, Milwaukee ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Layton Park, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Layton Park, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,018, 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 Layton Park, Milwaukee's effective rate of 1.79%, 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 Layton Park, Milwaukee
Layton Park, 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 Layton Park, Milwaukee.
Who works in Layton Park, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Layton Park, Milwaukee centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Layton Park, Milwaukee
Layton Park, Milwaukee has more parkland per resident than 95% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Layton Park, Milwaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Layton Park, Milwaukee, month by month
Layton Park, Milwaukee sees roughly 78 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 Layton Park, 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 Layton Park, Milwaukee
Schools across Layton Park, Milwaukee average an F, better than 2% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Greenfield BilingualD · 17% proficient
- Rocketship Southside Community PrepD− · 15% proficient
- Manitoba ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Milwaukee IntermediateD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Lad Lake Synergy SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Central HighF · 10% proficient
- South Division HighF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Layton Park, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Layton Park, 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 Layton Park, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Layton Park, Milwaukee
Is Layton Park, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Layton Park, Milwaukee ranks 4,633rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the schools and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Layton Park, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,104. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $59,018 median income, cost of living beats 29% of neighborhoods.
Is Layton Park, Milwaukee safe?
Layton Park, Milwaukee is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $450 per resident a year.
Compare Layton Park, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Layton Park, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Layton Park, 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.
Layton Park, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Layton Park, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Layton Park, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Layton Park, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Layton Park, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Layton Park, 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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