Does restaurants per resident by parking meters show a pattern in Milwaukee?
Milwaukee neighborhoods that have more meters per resident have more restaurants per resident: a strong pattern across 162 neighborhoods, correlation 0.79.
The quarter of neighborhoods that have fewer meters per resident average 1.5, and the quarter that have more meters per resident average 4.6. Walker's Point is furthest from the pattern, at 13.4 with 21.2 on the other measure.
- Middle City neighborhood
- 1.4
- Of 162 ranked
- Metric
- Restaurants 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 parking meters per 1,000 residents. Higher up means a higher number for restaurants per 1,000 residents. Press a dot to open that neighborhood.
25.3
0.0
Correlation: 0.79 across 162 neighborhoods. Across the bottom: Parking meters per 1,000 residents. Up the side: Restaurants per 1,000 residents.
City of Milwaukee neighborhoods
Restaurants 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 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hales Corners | 2 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| Glendale | 3 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| Wauwatosa | 4 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| West Allis | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Fox Point | 6 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Oak Creek | 7 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Greenfield | 8 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| St. Francis | 9 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Brown Deer | 10 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Franklin | 11 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Bayside | 12 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| South Milwaukee | 13 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Shorewood | 14 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Greendale | 15 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Cudahy | 16 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Whitefish Bay | 17 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| River Hills | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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; City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works.
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.