What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Bay View?
Bay View is ranked #28 of 154 eligible neighborhoods in Milwaukee; #146 of 394 eligible neighborhoods in WI; and #3,420 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Bay View
Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
61.9
Stability and Strength
60.0
Value Opportunity
62.5
Momentum
64.0
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 | #3,420 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #146 of 394 |
| City rank | #28 of 154 |
| County rank | #58 of 205 |
| National percentile | 77.2 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $369,013 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 2.4% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.10% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.24 |
| Median household income | $87,033 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 52.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 52.1% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 8.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 34.5% |
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 Bay View
Is Bay View one of the best neighborhoods in Milwaukee?
Bay View has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 61.9 and a city ranking of #28 of 154 eligible neighborhoods in Milwaukee.
How much are homes worth in Bay View?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Bay View is approximately $369,013.
Are home values rising or falling in Bay View?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 2.4% year over year and 0.10% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Bay View?
Bay View has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 64.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Bay View?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $87,033.
How affordable is Bay View relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.24. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Bay View primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 52.1%.
What is the unemployment rate in Bay View?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.1%.
How educated are residents of Bay View?
Approximately 52.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Bay View face high rent burden?
Approximately 34.5% 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 Bay View?
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 applications500
Estimated originations331
Home-purchase applications206
Origination rate66.3%
Home-purchase share41.3%
Average application loan$188,346
Total application loan amount$94,103,995
National application rank#558 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 1.8% YoY; originations 3.8% 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.