Best PlacesYankee Hill, Milwaukee, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yankee Hill, Milwaukee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Yankee Hill, Milwaukee ranks 2,207th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yankee Hill, 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.
Yankee Hill, Milwaukee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yankee Hill, Milwaukee ranks high
- TransitBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Yankee Hill, Milwaukee ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 30% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee
A household needs to earn about $162,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yankee Hill, Milwaukee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,553, 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 Yankee Hill, Milwaukee's effective rate of 2.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee
Yankee Hill, Milwaukee runs younger 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 Yankee Hill, Milwaukee.
Who works in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee, and how
Work in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yankee Hill, Milwaukee.
What the weather is like in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee, month by month
Yankee Hill, 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 Yankee Hill, Milwaukee
General Mitchell International sits about 7 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 Yankee Hill, Milwaukee
Schools across Yankee Hill, Milwaukee average an F, better than 1% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Cass Street ElementaryF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln MiddleF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverside HighF · 11% proficient
- Bradley Technology HighF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yankee Hill, Milwaukee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yankee Hill, 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 Yankee Hill, Milwaukee against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee
Is Yankee Hill, Milwaukee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yankee Hill, Milwaukee ranks 2,207th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and low disaster risk, 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 Yankee Hill, Milwaukee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $518,455. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $66,553 median income, cost of living beats 49% of neighborhoods.
Is Yankee Hill, Milwaukee safe?
Yankee Hill, Milwaukee is safer than 32% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $971 per resident a year.
Compare Yankee Hill, Milwaukee with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yankee Hill, Milwaukee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yankee Hill, 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.
Yankee Hill, Milwaukee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yankee Hill, Milwaukee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yankee Hill, Milwaukee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yankee Hill, Milwaukee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yankee Hill, 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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