Best PlacesSaint Joseph, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saint Joseph, 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.
Saint Joseph, Milwaukee ranks 4,874th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Saint Joseph, 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.
Saint Joseph, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saint Joseph, Milwaukee ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Saint Joseph, Milwaukee ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saint Joseph, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,784, 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 Saint Joseph, Milwaukee's effective rate of 1.97%, 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 Saint Joseph, Milwaukee
Saint Joseph, Milwaukee runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Saint Joseph, Milwaukee.
Who works in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Saint Joseph, Milwaukee.
What the weather is like in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee, month by month
Saint Joseph, Milwaukee sees roughly 97 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 Saint Joseph, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 10 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 Saint Joseph, Milwaukee
Schools across Saint Joseph, Milwaukee average an F, better than 2% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Townsend Street ElementaryF · 7% proficient
- Sherman ElementaryF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Whs Information TechnologyF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saint Joseph, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saint Joseph, 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 Saint Joseph, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee
Is Saint Joseph, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saint Joseph, Milwaukee ranks 4,874th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and heat safety, and lowest on the schools and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saint Joseph, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,099. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $48,784 median income, cost of living beats 20% of neighborhoods.
Is Saint Joseph, Milwaukee safe?
Saint Joseph, Milwaukee is safer than 7% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,022 per resident a year.
Compare Saint Joseph, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saint Joseph, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saint Joseph, 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.
Saint Joseph, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saint Joseph, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saint Joseph, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saint Joseph, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saint Joseph, 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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