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Here's a list of the best Milwaukee neighborhoods for young professionals

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MILWAUKEE — If you're a young professional, you may want to check out this list of the best Milwaukee neighborhoods for young professionals.

Our news partners, the Milwaukee Business Journal (MBJ), shared the list from Niche, a Pittsburgh-based data company that ranks and reviews schools and neighborhoods throughout the country.

To come up with the rankings, Niche looked at U.S. Census data to determine the neighborhood's average age and education levels. They also looked at bar and restaurant access, job opportunities, and overall affordability, according to MBJ.

Nationally, Madison ranked No. 27, and Milwaukee was ranked No. 105 on the list of the best cities for young professional, MBJ reports.
Below is the list of the top 20 Milwaukee neighborhoods, according to Niche.

  1. Juneau Town (include Cathedral Square Park)
  2. Yankee Hill
  3. Historic Third Ward
  4. Brewer's Hill
  5. Lower East Side
  6. Northpoint
  7. Menomonee River Valley
  8. River West
  9. Murray Hill
  10. Riverside Park
  11. Walker's Point
  12. Harbor View
  13. Kilbourn Town
  14. Bay View
  15. Shorewood
  16. Upper East Side
  17. Cambridge Heights (near UW-Milwaukee campus)
  18. Wauwatosa
  19. Whitefish Bay
  20. Glendale

All of the cities got an A+ grade except for Whitefish Bay and Glendale, which got an A.

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