Best PlacesMcGovern Park, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around McGovern 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.
McGovern Park, Milwaukee ranks 5,471st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in McGovern 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.
McGovern Park, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where McGovern Park, Milwaukee ranks high
- TransitBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where McGovern Park, Milwaukee ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Household income$45,203 median, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in McGovern Park, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median McGovern Park, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,203, 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 McGovern Park, Milwaukee's effective rate of 1.47%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in McGovern Park, Milwaukee
McGovern Park, Milwaukee runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for McGovern Park, Milwaukee.
Who works in McGovern Park, Milwaukee, and how
Work in McGovern Park, Milwaukee centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in McGovern Park, Milwaukee
McGovern Park, Milwaukee has more parkland per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of McGovern Park, Milwaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in McGovern Park, Milwaukee, month by month
McGovern Park, Milwaukee sees roughly 96 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 McGovern Park, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 12 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 McGovern Park, Milwaukee
Schools across McGovern Park, Milwaukee average an F, better than 3% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hampton ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
- Lancaster ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
- Browning ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Marshall HighF · 5% proficient
- James Madison Academic CampusF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every McGovern Park, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
McGovern 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 McGovern Park, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in McGovern Park, Milwaukee
Is McGovern Park, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, McGovern Park, Milwaukee ranks 5,471st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, heat safety, and quiet, and lowest on a weak job market and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is McGovern Park, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $109,668. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $45,203 median income, cost of living beats 12% of neighborhoods.
Is McGovern Park, Milwaukee safe?
McGovern Park, Milwaukee is safer than 16% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $754 per resident a year.
Compare McGovern Park, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to McGovern Park, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in McGovern 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.
McGovern Park, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for McGovern Park, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in McGovern Park, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of McGovern Park, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in McGovern Park, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
McGovern 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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