What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Lower East Side?
Lower East Side is ranked #136 of 154 eligible neighborhoods in Milwaukee; #372 of 394 eligible neighborhoods in WI; and #12,626 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Lower East Side
Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
34.0
Stability and Strength
43.6
Value Opportunity
41.2
Momentum
8.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Milwaukee, WI |
| County | Milwaukee County |
| National rank | #12,626 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #372 of 394 |
| City rank | #136 of 154 |
| County rank | #187 of 205 |
| National percentile | 15.6 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $399,841 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -3.8% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.99% |
| Home value to income ratio | 6.90 |
| Median household income | $57,920 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 63.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.2% |
| Homeownership rate | 20.0% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 9.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 44.5% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Lower East Side
Is Lower East Side one of the best neighborhoods in Milwaukee?
Lower East Side has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 34.0 and a city ranking of #136 of 154 eligible neighborhoods in Milwaukee.
How much are homes worth in Lower East Side?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Lower East Side is approximately $399,841.
Are home values rising or falling in Lower East Side?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -3.8% year over year and -0.99% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Lower East Side?
Lower East Side has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 8.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Lower East Side?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $57,920.
How affordable is Lower East Side relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 6.90. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Lower East Side primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 20.0%.
What is the unemployment rate in Lower East Side?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.2%.
How educated are residents of Lower East Side?
Approximately 63.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Lower East Side face high rent burden?
Approximately 44.5% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Lower East Side?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications196
Estimated originations142
Home-purchase applications119
Origination rate72.6%
Home-purchase share61.0%
Average application loan$267,931
Total application loan amount$52,448,886
National application rank#2,127 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage99.8%
Recent trend: Applications -0.2% YoY; originations 4.5% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.