Most walkable Milwaukee suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·30 suburbs considered, 10 listed

Milwaukee$184k median · 22.4 min commute

Amenities ACommute BResidents inactive

Walkability
overall 50 D+

Village of Wauwatosa and the Menomonee River.

Wauwatosa$339k median · 19.5 min commute

Amenities A−Commute AResidents inactive

Walkability
overall 74 B

West Allis$204k median · 21.0 min commute

Amenities A−Commute B+Residents inactive

Walkability
overall 58 C

Whitefish Bay$534k median · 20.8 min commute

Amenities B+Commute AResidents inactive

Walkability
overall 79 B+

Shorewood Village Hall, Shorewood, National Registered Historic Place.

Shorewood$444k median · 20.8 min commute

Amenities BCommute AResidents inactive

Walkability
overall 72 B−

The Town of Milwaukee Town Hall, National Registered Historic Place in Glendale, Wisconsin.

Glendale$283k median · 20.7 min commute

Amenities BCommute AResidents inactive

Walkability
overall 65 C+

Greenfield$261k median · 22.2 min commute

Amenities B+Commute BResidents inactive

Walkability
overall 64 C+

Greendale$314k median · 23.0 min commute

Amenities BCommute B−Residents inactive

Walkability
overall 69 B−

Cudahy$217k median · 23.3 min commute

Amenities CCommute B−Residents inactive

Walkability
overall 55 C−

Brown Deer$239k median · 22.4 min commute

Amenities CCommute BResidents inactive

Walkability
overall 58 C

This list's weighting

Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Milwaukee (Bfkenney · CC BY-SA 4.0); Wauwatosa (The original uploader was Schwnj at English Wikipedia. · CC BY 2.5); West Allis (Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0); Whitefish Bay (Gnome70 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Shorewood (Freekee · Public domain); Glendale (Freekee · CC0); Greenfield (Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0); Greendale (TheCatalyst31 · CC0); Cudahy (formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0).