Best PlacesLincoln Village, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincoln Village, 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 Village, Milwaukee ranks 5,246th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lincoln Village, 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 Village, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincoln Village, Milwaukee ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Lincoln Village, Milwaukee ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Household income$45,270 median, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincoln Village, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,270, 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 Village, Milwaukee's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 Lincoln Village, Milwaukee
Lincoln Village, 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 Lincoln Village, Milwaukee.
Who works in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lincoln Village, Milwaukee.
What the weather is like in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee, month by month
Lincoln Village, 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 Lincoln Village, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 4 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 Village, Milwaukee
Schools across Lincoln Village, Milwaukee average an F, better than 4% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Milwaukee Parkside SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Stellar Collegiate Charter SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Riley Dual Language Montessori SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- South Division HighF · 10% proficient
- Bay View HighF · 5% proficient
- Pulaski HighF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincoln Village, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincoln Village, 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 Village, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee
Is Lincoln Village, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincoln Village, Milwaukee ranks 5,246th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, transit, 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 Lincoln Village, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,462. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $45,270 median income, cost of living beats 12% of neighborhoods.
Is Lincoln Village, Milwaukee safe?
Lincoln Village, Milwaukee is safer than 17% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $774 per resident a year.
Compare Lincoln Village, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincoln Village, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincoln Village, 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 Village, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincoln Village, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincoln Village, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincoln Village, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincoln Village, 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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