Milwaukee, WI

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Climate

July average high

82°F

January average low

17°F

Annual rainfall

34.6 in

Annual snowfall

48.7 in

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Milwaukee Mitchell Ap (13 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Milwaukee ranks

• #21 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 72.4
• #21 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 70.7
• #26 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 64.1
• #51 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 49.2
• #52 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 49.9
• #55 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 47.0
• #56 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 42.1
• #91 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 9.7
• #91 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 17.9

Local facts

Median household income

$51,888

Median rent

$1,033 / mo

Median home value

$172,000

Median age

32.2

Unemployment

5.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher

26.6%

Poverty rate

23.3%

Renter-occupied homes

58.5%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

182

Students enrolled

76,659

Students per teacher

17.1 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

80.9%

Charter schools

22.5%

School districts serving the city

19

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Districts: Milwaukee School District, Seeds Of Health Inc, Wisconsin Department Of Corrections, Carmen High School Of Science And Technology Inc., United Community Center Inc.

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

42.7%

No leisure-time physical activity

33.4%

Adults with diabetes

15.6%

Adults who smoke

18.0%

Frequent mental distress

18.6%

Sleeping under 7 hours

40.0%

Adults without health insurance

14.3%

Routine checkup in past year

78.3%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

95.6%

Share of city that is parkland

9.7%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

14.4

Median air quality index (county)

43

Unhealthy air days (county)

16

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

85.6%

Households with no internet

11.6%

Average commute

22.4 min

Work from home

11.3%

Commute by transit

5.4%

Commute on foot

4.0%

Commute by bike

0.5%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Milwaukee County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 5 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Cold wave: very high
• Heat wave: relatively high
• Tornado: very high
• Riverine flooding: relatively high

ZIP codes

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