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MidtownNeighborhood fact sheet

2018–2022 American Community Survey2024 2023 2022 2021

4,495People

Figure	Midtown	City of Milwaukee	Compared
People in povertyResidents whose household income was below the federal poverty line.	45.0%± 3.9 points1,977 of 4,394	23.9%± 0.8 points	clearly higher than the city
Households earning under $25,000Households whose income last year was under $25,000.	54.5%± 10.1 points902 of 1,655	25.3%± 0.8 points	clearly higher than the city
Renter householdsOccupied homes that are rented rather than owned.	68.9%± 6.9 points1,141 of 1,655	58.8%± 0.8 points	clearly higher than the city
Vacant homesHousing units with no one living in them.	18.7%± 4.2 points380 of 2,035	10.4%± 0.4 points	clearly higher than the city
Renters paying 30% or more of income on rentRenting households whose rent and utilities take 30% or more of their income.	63.3%± 11.1 points643 of 1,016	51.3%± 1.3 points	clearly higher than the city
Households with no vehicleHouseholds with no car, truck or van available.	42.2%± 8.8 points699 of 1,655	16.2%± 0.5 points	clearly higher than the city
Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or moreAdults 25 and older whose highest schooling is a bachelor's, graduate or professional degree.	12.8%± 4.1 points315 of 2,468	26.1%± 0.6 points	clearly lower than the city
Adults 25+ without a high school diplomaAdults 25 and older who didn't finish high school or an equivalency.	15.8%± 4.4 points389 of 2,468	14.6%± 0.5 points	about the same as the city (within the margin of error)

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Midtown as Data You Can Use defines it

The neighborhood is part of the city, so this comparison is approximate. Figures are survey estimates; margins of error are at 90% confidence.

People: DYCU's Total column is blank in its file, so this adds its Male and Female columns.

All 16 of DYCU's tables for 2022

race and ethnicity

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Total:	4,495 ±587
Not Hispanic or Latino:	4,249 ±592
White alone	291 ±149
Black or African American alone	3,355 ±507
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	43 ±41
Asian alone	532 ±278
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±16
Some other race alone	0 ±16
Two or more races:	28 ±24
Two races including Some other race	0 ±16
Two races excluding Some other race, and three or more races	28 ±24
Hispanic or Latino:	246 ±144

sex and age

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The Total columns are 0 for every row in DYCU's file; this may be missing data.

	Male	Female
Total	2,127 ±323	2,368 ±380
Under 5 years	224 ±101	44 ±37
5 to 9 years	255 ±106	256 ±114
10 to 14 years	317 ±113	255 ±103
15 to 19 years	123 ±67	168 ±94
20 to 24 years	170 ±128	215 ±189
25 to 29 years	200 ±112	198 ±75
30 to 34 years	206 ±111	174 ±74
35 to 39 years	125 ±60	177 ±79
40 to 44 years	22 ±30	171 ±59
45 to 49 years	101 ±60	86 ±39
50 to 54 years	71 ±41	119 ±57
55 to 59 years	90 ±49	75 ±46
60 to 64 years	99 ±47	209 ±105
65 to 69 years	80 ±48	53 ±31
70 to 74 years	5 ±12	66 ±39
75 to 79 years	0 ±16	73 ±63
80 to 84 years	27 ±57	18 ±20
85 years and over	12 ±17	11 ±19

poverty status by age

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Total	4,394 ±585
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level	1,977 ±315
Under 5 years	161 ±90
5 years	49 ±48
6 to 11 years	377 ±160
12 to 14 years	171 ±98
15 years	37 ±44
16 and 17 years	48 ±43
18 to 24 years	102 ±60
25 to 34 years	327 ±139
35 to 44 years	255 ±92
45 to 54 years	114 ±61
55 to 64 years	220 ±114
65 to 74 years	102 ±56
75 years and over	14 ±23

household characteristics

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Total:	1,655 ±188
Family households:	903 ±150
Married-couple family	201 ±79
Other family:	702 ±127
Male householder, no spouse present	82 ±48
Female householder, no spouse present	620 ±121
Nonfamily households:	752 ±161
Householder living alone	646 ±162
Householder not living alone	106 ±55
Average Household Size	2.72 ±0.470

vehicles per household

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Total:	1,655 ±188
No vehicle available	699 ±166
1 vehicle available	537 ±112
2 vehicles available	298 ±94
3 vehicles available	79 ±52
4 or more vehicles available	42 ±31

employment status by sex

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	Total	Labor Force Participation Rate	Employment/Population Ratio	Unemployment Rate (% of Labor)
Population age 20-64 years	2,508 ±365	0.610 ±0.169	0.575 ±0.176	0.057 ±0.105
Male	1,084 ±204	0.528 ±0.283	0.491 ±0.289	0.072 ±0.200
Female	1,424 ±261	0.672 ±0.215	0.640 ±0.215	0.048 ±0.153

commute method and time

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COMMUTE METHOD
Total workers 16 and over	1,538 ±283
Drove alone in car, truck, or van	815 ±184
Carpooled in car, truck, or van	363 ±133
Public transportation	149 ±110
Taxicab	0 ±16
Motorcycle	0 ±16
Bicycle	0 ±16
Walked	20 ±26
Other means	25 ±36
Worked from home	166 ±98
COMMUTE TIME
Total workers 16 and over who did not work from home	1,372 ±262
Less than 10 minutes	204 ±111
10 to 19 minutes	548 ±167
20 to 29 minutes	269 ±100
30 to 39 minutes	199 ±75
40 to 59 minutes	75 ±54
60 to 89 minutes	55 ±41
90 minutes or more	22 ±24
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21 ±5.97

employment sector

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	Total	Male	Female
Civilian employed population 16 years and over	1,579 ±274	578 ±131	1,001 ±226
Management, business, science, and arts occupations:	303 ±97	94 ±48	209 ±85
Service occupations:	551 ±170	164 ±80	387 ±139
Sales and office occupations:	320 ±134	46 ±45	274 ±118
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations:	109 ±64	109 ±64	0 ±16
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations:	296 ±93	165 ±68	131 ±52

educational attainment

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	Total	Male	Female
Population 18 to 24 years	547 ±265	206 ±134	341 ±216
Less than high school graduate	97 ±87	30 ±33	67 ±82
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	266 ±144	87 ±51	179 ±123
Some college or associate's degree	184 ±148	89 ±117	95 ±90
Bachelor's degree or higher	0 ±16	0 ±16	0 ±16
Population 25 years and over	2,468 ±289	1,038 ±172	1,430 ±212
Less than 9th grade	181 ±78	61 ±37	120 ±65
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	208 ±90	96 ±72	112 ±49
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	916 ±181	509 ±143	407 ±99
Some college, no degree	663 ±169	252 ±98	411 ±129
Associate's degree	185 ±87	46 ±43	139 ±75
Bachelor's degree	225 ±100	67 ±78	158 ±75
Graduate or professional degree	90 ±42	7 ±18	83 ±39
High school graduate or higher	2,079 ±270	881 ±171	1,198 ±198
Bachelor's degree or higher	315 ±114	74 ±79	241 ±89

occupancy and tenure

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Total Housing Units:	2,035 ±172
Vacant Housing Units	380 ±91
Occupied Housing Units:	1,655 ±188
Owner-Occupied Housing Units	514 ±111
Renter-Occupied Housing Units	1,141 ±173

units in structure

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	Occupied Housing Units	Owner-Occupied Housing Units	Renter-Occupied Housing Units
Housing Units	1,655 ±188	514 ±111	1,141 ±173
UNITS IN STRUCTURE
1, detached	667 ±117	418 ±102	249 ±77
1, attached	123 ±66	0 ±16	123 ±66
2 apartments	273 ±87	92 ±47	181 ±73
3 or 4 apartments	49 ±40	0 ±16	49 ±40
5 to 9 apartments	125 ±68	0 ±16	125 ±68
10 or more apartments	397 ±136	0 ±16	397 ±136
Mobile home or other type of housing	21 ±33	4 ±15	17 ±34

bedrooms and year

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Total Housing Units:	2,035 ±172
BEDROOMS
No bedroom	85 ±48
1 bedroom	476 ±150
2 bedrooms	441 ±107
3 bedrooms	737 ±142
4 bedrooms	246 ±79
5 or more bedrooms	50 ±35
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT
Built 2014 or later	0 ±16
Built 2010 to 2013	34 ±28
Built 2000 to 2009	280 ±77
Built 1990 to 1999	211 ±72
Built 1980 to 1989	106 ±72
Built 1970 to 1979	189 ±92
Built 1960 to 1969	251 ±77
Built 1950 to 1959	128 ±53
Built 1940 to 1949	59 ±47
Built 1939 or earlier	777 ±146

rent paid

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GROSS RENT
Occupied units paying rent	1,119 ±171
Less than $500	319 ±113
$500 to $999	613 ±143
$1,000 to $1,499	177 ±68
$1,500 to $1,999	0 ±16
$2,000 to $2,499	0 ±16
$2,500 to $2,999	10 ±17
$3,000 or more	0 ±16
GROSS RENT AS % OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Occupied units paying rent (excluding units where GRAPI cannot be computed)	1,016 ±169
Less than 15.0 percent	57 ±37
15.0 to 19.9 percent	47 ±29
20.0 to 24.9 percent	119 ±62
25.0 to 29.9 percent	150 ±102
30.0 to 34.9 percent	109 ±62
35.0 percent or more	534 ±142
Not computed	125 ±58

mortgage status and cost

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MORTGAGE STATUS
Owner-occupied units	514 ±111
Housing units with a mortgage	192 ±71
Housing units without a mortgage	322 ±105
SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS (SMOC)
Housing units with a mortgage	192 ±71
Less than $500	0 ±16
$500 to $999	32 ±31
$1,000 to $1,499	97 ±52
$1,500 to $1,999	61 ±42
$2,000 to $2,499	2 ±14
$2,500 to $2,999	0 ±16
$3,000 or more	0 ±16
Housing units without a mortgage	322 ±105
Less than $250	8 ±18
$250 to $399	86 ±67
$400 to $599	73 ±44
$600 to $799	66 ±41
$800 to $999	61 ±44
$1,000 or more	28 ±34

owner costs share of income

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Housing units with a mortgage (excluding units where SMOCAPI cannot be computed)	192 ±71
Less than 20.0 percent	76 ±55
20.0 to 24.9 percent	42 ±28
25.0 to 29.9 percent	11 ±17
30.0 to 34.9 percent	6 ±16
35.0 percent or more	57 ±38
Not computed	0 ±16
Housing unit without a mortgage (excluding units where SMOCAPI cannot be computed)	322 ±105
Less than 10.0 percent	118 ±63
10.0 to 14.9 percent	42 ±30
15.0 to 19.9 percent	41 ±37
20.0 to 24.9 percent	50 ±45
25.0 to 29.9 percent	0 ±16
30.0 to 34.9 percent	5 ±15
35.0 percent or more	66 ±43
Not computed	0 ±16

household income

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Total	1,655 ±188
Less than $10,000	401 ±141
$10,000 to $14,999	253 ±100
$15,000 to $19,999	125 ±65
$20,000 to $24,999	123 ±65
$25,000 to $29,999	157 ±72
$30,000 to $34,999	44 ±32
$35,000 to $39,999	23 ±24
$40,000 to $44,999	27 ±40
$45,000 to $49,999	65 ±38
$50,000 to $59,999	79 ±39
$60,000 to $74,999	107 ±46
$75,000 to $99,999	120 ±65
$100,000 to $124,999	51 ±37
$125,000 to $149,999	36 ±30
$150,000 to $199,999	22 ±36
$200,000 or more	22 ±19
Median Household Income	21,971 ±23,451