Best PlacesWilson Park, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilson 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.
Wilson Park, Milwaukee ranks 4,901st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wilson 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.
Wilson Park, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilson Park, Milwaukee ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
Where Wilson Park, Milwaukee ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Household income$42,104 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Wilson Park, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilson Park, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $42,104, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Wilson Park, Milwaukee's effective rate of 2.06%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wilson Park, Milwaukee
Wilson Park, Milwaukee runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilson Park, Milwaukee.
Who works in Wilson Park, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Wilson Park, Milwaukee centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wilson Park, Milwaukee
Wilson Park, Milwaukee has more parkland per resident than 96% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Wilson Park, Milwaukee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wilson Park, Milwaukee, month by month
Wilson 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 Wilson Park, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 2 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 Wilson Park, Milwaukee
Schools across Wilson Park, Milwaukee average a C−, better than 24% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Elm Dale ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Cooper ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Burdick ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenfield MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Reagan College Preparatory HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Greenfield HighD · 22% proficient
- Pulaski HighF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilson Park, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilson 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 Wilson Park, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Wilson Park, Milwaukee
Is Wilson Park, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilson Park, Milwaukee ranks 4,901st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, a strong job market, and cell coverage, and lowest on property taxes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilson Park, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,759. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $42,104 median income, cost of living beats 12% of neighborhoods.
Is Wilson Park, Milwaukee safe?
Yes, Wilson Park, Milwaukee is safer than 74% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Wilson Park, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilson Park, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilson 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.
Wilson Park, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilson Park, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilson Park, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilson Park, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilson Park, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilson 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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