Does bars per resident by restaurants show a pattern in Milwaukee?
Milwaukee neighborhoods that have more restaurants per resident have more bars per resident: a strong pattern across 162 neighborhoods, correlation 0.78.
The quarter of neighborhoods that have fewer restaurants per resident average 0.1, and the quarter that have more restaurants per resident average 2.1. Clock Tower Acres is furthest from the pattern, at 10.7 with 6.0 on the other measure.
- Middle City neighborhood
- 0.0
- Of 162 ranked
- Metric
- Bars per 1,000 residents
- Year
- Records on file today
162 City neighborhoods on both measures
Each dot is a neighborhood. Further right means a higher number for restaurants per 1,000 residents. Higher up means a higher number for bars per 1,000 residents. Press a dot to open that neighborhood.
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Correlation: 0.78 across 162 neighborhoods. Across the bottom: Restaurants per 1,000 residents. Up the side: Bars per 1,000 residents.
City of Milwaukee neighborhoods
Bars per 1,000 residents, records on file today. To be counted, a neighborhood has to meet the floor on both measures. Neighborhoods under that are in the table with their numbers and the reason, and aren't in the correlation.
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Suburbs
| West Milwaukee | 1 | 1.0 | 5.7 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis | 2 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Wauwatosa | 3 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| West Allis | 4 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Shorewood | 5 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Cudahy | 6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Greendale | 7 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| South Milwaukee | 8 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Franklin | 9 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Greenfield | 10 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| Hales Corners | 11 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Oak Creek | 12 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Bayside | 13 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Brown Deer | 13 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Fox Point | 13 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Glendale | 13 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| River Hills | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Whitefish Bay | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
How we measured this
We plot each City neighborhood on both measures and compute the Pearson correlation across the 162 that meet the floors. Sources: Little Milwaukee business records, from public licenses, filings and OpenStreetMap; Little Milwaukee business records, from public licenses, filings and OpenStreetMap.
What would change the answer
This shows a pattern across neighborhoods. It doesn't show that one thing causes the other, and it says nothing about any one person. A correlation near 0 means no straight-line pattern, and one or two unusual neighborhoods can move it.