Best PlacesLincoln Park, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincoln Park, 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.
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee ranks 5,227th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lincoln 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.
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincoln Park, Milwaukee ranks high
- TransitBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Lincoln Park, Milwaukee ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Household income$45,205 median, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincoln Park, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,205, 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 Lincoln Park, Milwaukee's effective rate of 1.93%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lincoln Park, Milwaukee.
Who works in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee has more parkland per resident than 98% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Lincoln Park, Milwaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee, month by month
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 18° |
| April | 55° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Lincoln Park, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 11 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 Lincoln Park, Milwaukee
Schools across Lincoln Park, Milwaukee average a D, better than 13% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Parkway ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Pratt ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
- Barbee ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whitefish Bay MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- Glen Hills MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Andrew S Douglas MiddleF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Nicolet HighB− · 44% proficient
- King InternationalC · 32% proficient
- Milwaukee Excellence Charter SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincoln Park, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincoln 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 Lincoln Park, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee
Is Lincoln Park, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincoln Park, Milwaukee ranks 5,227th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, low disaster risk, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on property taxes and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lincoln Park, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,276. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $45,205 median income, cost of living beats 17% of neighborhoods.
Is Lincoln Park, Milwaukee safe?
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $908 per resident a year.
Compare Lincoln Park, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincoln Park, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincoln 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.
Lincoln Park, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincoln Park, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincoln Park, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincoln Park, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincoln 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.