{"slug":"most-historic-districts","topic":"Outdoors","query":"historic_districts_by_neighborhood","title":"Most historic districts by Milwaukee neighborhood","question":"Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most historic districts?","answer":"Northpoint has the most historic districts of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 9 historic districts.","finding":"The top 5 City neighborhoods have 35.8% of the City's 106 historic districts. Count by residents and Concordia is highest, with 2.3 per 1,000 residents, and it ranks 5th by plain count.","metric":"Historic districts","period":"As of November 3, 2026","source":{"title":"City of Milwaukee local and national historic districts","url":"https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/planning/special_districts/MapServer","license":"Public domain (City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016)","redistributable":true},"method":"We count the local and National Register historic districts that overlap each neighborhood, so one district can count in two neighborhoods.","caveat":"A single-building local designation counts the same as a district of hundreds of homes.","columns":[{"key":"per","label":"Per 1,000 residents"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of the 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