Quality of life in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in healthcare, environmental quality and leisure & culture.
/11,45,1/510x340.png?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidGVsZXBvcnQiLCJhIjoiY2lnM3VqNXVqMDJsaHYza2gwN2wzdXhidCJ9.PuTxgLkbswKZzPhzlKgv4A)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in healthcare, environmental quality and leisure & culture.
Large apartment | $1500.00 |
---|---|
Medium apartment | $1200.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.59 |
Small apartment | $940.00 |
5km taxi ride | $10.00 |
---|---|
A Cappuccino | $4.70 |
A beer | $2.30 |
A kilogram of Apples | $3.30 |
Bread | $1.10 |
Inflation [score] | 0.55 |
Lunch | $12.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $35.00 |
Monthly public transport | $62.00 |
Movie ticket | $9.60 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $70.67 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 4 |
---|---|
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.37 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.74 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 17 |
Meetups [score] | 0.40 |
Meetups groups | 110 |
Meetups members | 33126 |
Number of investors | 30 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 724 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 32 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.48 |
Startup events | 221 |
Startup events [score] | 0.79 |
Startups [score] | 0.60 |
Total number of startups | 243 |
Funding accelerator names | VictorySpark |
---|---|
Number of funding accelerators | 1 |
Venture capital [score] | 0.20 |
Airport hub | 30 |
---|---|
Airport hub [score] | 0.20 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.11 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Milwaukee |
---|---|
Traffic handling [score] | 0.76 |
Business freedom | 84.70 |
---|---|
Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
Time to open a business | 5.60 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.23 |
---|---|
Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 10 |
Guns per 100 residents | 69 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.73 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.62 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.68 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
---|---|
Healthcare quality [score] | 0.83 |
Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Best university in ranking | Medical College of Wisconsin |
---|---|
Best university ranking | 325 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
PISA ranking | 24 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
PISA science (high school) | 19 |
Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
University quality [score] | 0.11 |
Air quality [score] | 0.85 |
---|---|
Cleanliness [score] | 0.65 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 0.83 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.87 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
---|---|
Currency for urban area | USD |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.54 |
---|---|
Income tax level [score] | 0.30 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.44 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.06 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 45.63 |
---|---|
Internet access (download) [score] | 0.60 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.27 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 5.79 |
Art galleries | 195 |
---|---|
Art galleries [score] | 0.77 |
Cinemas | 129 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.69 |
Comedy clubs | 105 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.86 |
Concert venues | 177 |
Concerts [score] | 0.87 |
Historical sites | 121 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.66 |
Museums | 110 |
Museums [score] | 0.71 |
Performing art venues | 168 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.77 |
Sport venues | 116 |
Sports [score] | 0.93 |
Zoos | 40 |
Zoos [score] | 0.94 |
LGBT Equality Index | 82.97 |
---|---|
LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.85 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT discrimination legality | Illegal in some contexts |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | Sexual orientation only |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | Sexual orientation only |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.12 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.17 |
---|---|
Median peak in meters | 290.00 |
Seaside waterbody | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 200.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.84 |
Costs of living in Milwaukee are in the 140th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
$35 | |
$10 | |
$48 | |
$62 | |
$12 |
Software Engineer salaries in Milwaukee are high. For this job type, Milwaukee ranks 43rd for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Milwaukee.
The overall crime rate puts Milwaukee in position 239 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
Legal
Legal
Surgery Not Required
Illegal In Some Contexts
Legal
Legal
Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States. The city's population is 594,833 with an estimated total of 2,025,898 in the Milwaukee metropolitan area (2010). It is the 30th largest city in the U.S. and is in the southeastern portion of the state on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Milwaukee's human history begins with American Indian people who lived near the confluence of Milwaukee's three rivers into Lake Michigan for centuries. Tribes who inhabited the area that is now Milwaukee included Menominee, Fox, Mascouten, Sauk, and Potawatomi. With the arrival of Europeans and an increasing population, large and often violent divides become more prominent. These settlers built three dueling settlements (Juneautown, Kilbourntown, and Walker's Point) around what is now Downtown. The two former communities were extremely competitive and created two non-aligning street grids. This is why 1st Street is west of the Milwaukee River and the reason that many of the city's bridges cross the river diagonally (connecting the two grids).
Milwaukee has historically been a major immigrant city. During the early 20th Century, German and Polish immigrants tended to dominate, and the city still strongly identifies with its German and, to a slightly lesser extent, Polish heritage. For part of the early 20th century German was even the main language of the city, and German names are still very common.
Read moreEvery city comes with a country. How is this one doing in terms of giving back to the global community? Our friends at The Good Country Index measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.
Teleport Zen is a personalized to-do list and moving guide.
We've got you covered from job search and apartment hunting to visa advice.