# Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most theaters?

The Historic Third Ward has the most theaters of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 16 theaters.

The top 5 neighborhoods have 73.8% of the City's 65 theaters. Among the suburbs, West Allis has the most, at 2.

Metric: Records in the theaters category. Period: As of November 3, 2026. Source: [Little Milwaukee business records, from public licenses, filings and OpenStreetMap](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records).

## City of Milwaukee neighborhoods

| Rank | Neighborhood | Records in the theaters category | Per 1,000 residents |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Historic Third Ward](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/historic-third-ward) | 16 | 10.1 |
| 2 | [Juneau Town](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/juneau-town) | 13 | 2.3 |
| 3 | [Kilbourn Town](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/kilbourn-town) | 10 | 1.9 |
| 4 | [Lower East Side](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/lower-east-side) | 6 | 0.5 |
| 5 | [Alverno](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/alverno) | 3 | 2.6 |
| 5 | [Avenues West](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/avenues-west) | 3 | 0.4 |
| 5 | [Marquette](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/marquette) | 3 | 2.0 |
| 8 | [Harbor View](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/harbor-view) | 2 | 1.0 |
| 9 | [Amani](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/amani) | 1 | 0.2 |
| 9 | [Downer Woods](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/downer-woods) | 1 | 0.2 |
| 9 | [Haymarket](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/haymarket) | 1 | 1.5 |
| 9 | [Historic Mitchell Street](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/historic-mitchell-street) | 1 | 0.1 |
| 9 | [Lake Park](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/lake-park) | 1 |  |
| 9 | [Martin Drive](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/martin-drive) | 1 | 0.8 |
| 9 | [Riverwest](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/riverwest) | 1 | 0.1 |
| 9 | [Upper East Side](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/upper-east-side) | 1 | 0.3 |
| 9 | [Washington Park](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/washington-park) | 1 | 0.3 |

164 City neighborhoods aren't in this table: no record in this category is inside their boundary.

## Suburbs

| Rank | Neighborhood | Records in the theaters category | Per 1,000 residents |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [West Allis](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/west-allis) | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2 | [Bayside](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/bayside) | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2 | [Glendale](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/glendale) | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2 | [Greenfield](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/greenfield) | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2 | [South Milwaukee](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/south-milwaukee) | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2 | [Wauwatosa](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/wauwatosa) | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2 | [Whitefish Bay](https://littlemilwaukee.com/neighborhoods/whitefish-bay) | 1 | 0.1 |

## How it was measured

We count the business records we've placed in the theaters category, by the neighborhood boundary each address is inside.

## What would change the answer

A record's category comes from its license and from public sources, and we don't have a category for every record. So the true count can be higher where more records have no category.