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Does commercial permits by number of businesses show a pattern in Milwaukee?

Milwaukee neighborhoods that have more businesses got more commercial permits: a strong pattern across 176 neighborhoods, correlation 0.86.

The quarter of neighborhoods that have fewer businesses average 0.3, and the quarter that have more businesses average 4.0. Mitchell West is furthest from the pattern, at 12 with 117 on the other measure.

Highest
Juneau Town
23
Middle City neighborhood
1.0
Of 176 ranked
Metric
Commercial building permits
Year
Permits on file; Records on file today
Source
City of Milwaukee residential and commercial permit work data

176 City neighborhoods on both measures

Each dot is a neighborhood. Further right means a higher number for business records. Higher up means a higher number for commercial building permits. Press a dot to open that neighborhood.

23

Alcott Park: 0, 3Alverno: 1, 9Amani: 1, 85Arlington Gardens: 2, 56Arlington Heights: 2, 38Avenues West: 6, 150Baran Park: 0, 4Bay View: 17, 395Bluemound Heights: 1, 86Borchert Field: 0, 15Bradley Estates: 1, 10Brewer's Hill: 2, 80Brown Deer Park: 0, 3Brynwood: 4, 27Burnham Park: 4, 79Calumet Farms: 2, 9Cambridge Heights: 1, 23Cannon Park: 1, 25Capitol Heights: 1, 161Castle Manor: 1, 38Clarke Square: 1, 96Clayton Crest: 1, 23Clock Tower Acres: 0, 29Cold Spring Park: 3, 16College Heights: 0, 17Columbus Park: 0, 37Concordia: 0, 30Cooper Park: 1, 16Copernicus Park: 0, 8Dineen Park: 3, 62Downer Woods: 1, 55Dretzka Park: 0, 7Enderis Park: 0, 26Estabrook Park: 1, 40Euclid Park: 0, 17Fair Park: 1, 31Fairfield: 1, 41Fairview: 0, 13Fernwood: 0, 20Florist Highlands: 1, 3Forest Home Hills: 1, 50Franklin Heights: 0, 52Freedom Village: 0, 12Garden Homes: 0, 33Golden Valley: 0, 14Goldman Park: 1, 16Gra-Ram: 2, 18Graceland: 0, 12Grantosa: 0, 14Granville Station: 0, 22Granville Woods: 0, 7Grasslyn Manor: 1, 31Green Moor: 1, 16Grover Heights: 0, 8Halyard Park: 0, 62Hampton Heights: 0, 26Harambee: 4, 117Harbor View: 3, 83Harder's Oaks: 0, 1Havenwoods: 2, 9Hawley Farms: 1, 6Hawthorne Glen: 0, 10Haymarket: 0, 26Heritage Heights: 0, 15Highwood Estates: 0, 9Hillside: 0, 36Hilltop Parish: 0, 1Historic Mitchell Street: 3, 232Historic Third Ward: 2, 309Holler Park: 1, 19Honey Creek Manor: 0, 19Jackson Park: 1, 49Johnson's Woods: 0, 16Juneau Town: 23, 594Kilbourn Town: 14, 399King Park: 0, 21Kops Park: 0, 12Lake Park: 0, 32Layton Park: 0, 64Lenox Heights: 0, 18Lincoln Creek: 4, 71Lincoln Park: 1, 23Lincoln Village: 3, 122Lindsay Park: 2, 17Long View: 1, 46Lower East Side: 11, 401Lyons Park: 0, 12Maitland Park: 0, 17Maple Tree: 0, 9Marquette: 1, 50Martin Drive: 1, 24McGovern Park: 0, 16Melody View: 0, 2Menomonee River Hills East: 3, 73Menomonee River Hills: 1, 32Menomonee River Valley: 5, 110Merrill Park: 1, 32Metcalfe Park: 0, 37Midtown: 2, 77Mill Valley: 0, 1Miller Valley: 2, 18Mitchell Park: 1, 8Mitchell West: 12, 117Morgan Heights: 0, 15Morgandale: 3, 81Mount Mary: 1, 31Murray Hill: 0, 91Muskego Way: 3, 102Nash Park: 0, 30National Park: 0, 20New Coeln: 0, 18North Division: 1, 68North Granville: 0, 23Northpoint: 2, 55Northridge Lakes: 0, 10Northridge: 1, 39Old North Milwaukee: 3, 93Park Knoll: 0, 9Park Place: 2, 43Park View: 0, 1Parkway Hills: 1, 10Pheasant Run: 0, 1Pollber Heights: 0, 1Polonia: 0, 85Red Oak Heights: 0, 4River Bend: 0, 20Riverside Park: 1, 33Riverton Heights: 0, 1Riverwest: 7, 160Rolling Green: 0, 6Roosevelt Grove: 0, 93Root Creek: 0, 8Rufus King: 0, 32Saint Joseph: 1, 43Saveland Park: 1, 11Schlitz Park: 0, 31Servite Woods: 0, 12Sherman Park: 0, 62Silver City: 0, 63Silver Spring: 2, 59Silver Swan: 2, 35Southgate: 6, 101Southpoint: 0, 66St. Amelian's: 1, 25Story Hill: 1, 65Sunset Heights: 0, 47The Valley/Pigsville: 0, 3Thurston Woods: 1, 17Timmerman West: 3, 95Tippecanoe: 2, 45Town & Country Manor: 1, 16Town of Lake: 5, 50Triangle North: 1, 52Triangle: 0, 10Tripoli Park: 2, 20Upper East Side: 0, 22Uptown: 1, 101Valhalla: 0, 22Valley Forge: 1, 1Vogel Park: 0, 19Wahl Park: 1, 14Walker's Point: 9, 353Walnut Hill: 0, 38Washington Heights: 3, 97Washington Park: 2, 80Wedgewood: 0, 4West View: 1, 26Whispering Hills: 0, 3White Manor: 0, 10Wick Field: 1, 28Williamsburg: 4, 65Wilson Park: 1, 39Woodland Court: 0, 12Woodlands: 0, 8Wyrick Park: 0, 10Yankee Hill: 5, 79Bay ViewHistoric Mitchell StreetJuneau TownMitchell West

0

1594

Correlation: 0.86 across 176 neighborhoods. Across the bottom: Business records. Up the side: Commercial building permits.

City of Milwaukee neighborhoods

Commercial building permits, Permits on file; 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.

Juneau Town123594
Bay View217395
Kilbourn Town314399
Mitchell West412117
Lower East Side511401
Walker's Point69353
Riverwest77160
Avenues West86150
Southgate86101
Menomonee River Valley105110
Town of Lake10550
Yankee Hill10579
Brynwood13427
Burnham Park13479
Harambee134117
Lincoln Creek13471
Williamsburg13465
Cold Spring Park18316
Dineen Park18362
Harbor View18383
Historic Mitchell Street183232
Lincoln Village183122
Menomonee River Hills East18373
Morgandale18381
Muskego Way183102
Old North Milwaukee18393
Timmerman West18395
Washington Heights18397
Arlington Gardens29256
Arlington Heights29238
Brewer's Hill29280
Calumet Farms2929
Gra-Ram29218
Havenwoods2929
Historic Third Ward292309
Lindsay Park29217
Midtown29277
Miller Valley29218
Northpoint29255
Park Place29243
Silver Spring29259
Silver Swan29235
Tippecanoe29245
Tripoli Park29220
Washington Park29280
Alverno4619
Amani46185
Bluemound Heights46186
Bradley Estates46110
Cambridge Heights46123
Cannon Park46125
Capitol Heights461161
Castle Manor46138
Clarke Square46196
Clayton Crest46123
Cooper Park46116
Downer Woods46155
Estabrook Park46140
Fair Park46131
Fairfield46141
Florist Highlands4613
Forest Home Hills46150
Goldman Park46116
Grasslyn Manor46131
Green Moor46116
Hawley Farms4616
Holler Park46119
Jackson Park46149
Lincoln Park46123
Long View46146
Marquette46150
Martin Drive46124
Menomonee River Hills46132
Merrill Park46132
Mitchell Park4618
Mount Mary46131
North Division46168
Northridge46139
Parkway Hills46110
Riverside Park46133
Saint Joseph46143
Saveland Park46111
St. Amelian's46125
Story Hill46165
Thurston Woods46117
Town & Country Manor46116
Triangle North46152
Uptown461101
Valley Forge4611
Wahl Park46114
West View46126
Wick Field46128
Wilson Park46139
Alcott Park9403
Baran Park9404
Borchert Field94015
Brown Deer Park9403
Clock Tower Acres94029
College Heights94017
Columbus Park94037
Concordia94030
Copernicus Park9408
Dretzka Park9407
Enderis Park94026
Euclid Park94017
Fairview94013
Fernwood94020
Franklin Heights94052
Freedom Village94012
Garden Homes94033
Golden Valley94014
Graceland94012
Grantosa94014
Granville Station94022
Granville Woods9407
Grover Heights9408
Halyard Park94062
Hampton Heights94026
Harder's Oaks9401
Hawthorne Glen94010
Haymarket94026
Heritage Heights94015
Highwood Estates9409
Hillside94036
Hilltop Parish9401
Honey Creek Manor94019
Johnson's Woods94016
King Park94021
Kops Park94012
Lake Park94032
Layton Park94064
Lenox Heights94018
Lyons Park94012
Maitland Park94017
Maple Tree9409
McGovern Park94016
Melody View9402
Metcalfe Park94037
Mill Valley9401
Morgan Heights94015
Murray Hill94091
Nash Park94030
National Park94020
New Coeln94018
North Granville94023
Northridge Lakes94010
Park Knoll9409
Park View9401
Pheasant Run9401
Pollber Heights9401
Polonia94085
Red Oak Heights9404
River Bend94020
Riverton Heights9401
Rolling Green9406
Roosevelt Grove94093
Root Creek9408
Rufus King94032
Schlitz Park94031
Servite Woods94012
Sherman Park94062
Silver City94063
Southpoint94066
Sunset Heights94047
The Valley/Pigsville9403
Triangle94010
Upper East Side94022
Valhalla94022
Vogel Park94019
Walnut Hill94038
Wedgewood9404
Whispering Hills9403
White Manor94010
Woodland Court94012
Woodlands9408
Wyrick Park94010

Suburbs

Wauwatosa11765
Bayside2050
Brown Deer2068
Cudahy20104
Fox Point2058
Franklin20244
Glendale20205
Greendale20100
Greenfield20379
Hales Corners2086
Oak Creek20336
River Hills2011
Shorewood20122
South Milwaukee20101
St. Francis2083
West Allis20569
West Milwaukee20107
Whitefish Bay2067

How we measured this

We plot each City neighborhood on both measures and compute the Pearson correlation across the 176 that meet the floors. Sources: City of Milwaukee residential and commercial permit work data; 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.

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