Socioeconomic Status and Health
In Health Compass Milwaukee, each SES group contains the same set of indicators, but with differing values. Comparing SES groups shows how socioeconomic status reflects health factors and affects health outcomes.
Below you can access the indicators currently available by SES groups. These will be continued to be updated and expanded
Download the demographic table for each SES group. .
Learn more about the methodology and review past reports.
SocioNeeds Index
The 2018 SocioNeeds Index, created by Conduent Healthy Communities Institute, is a measure of socioeconomic need that is correlated with poor health outcomes. The index looks at various socio and economic indicators for each zip code in the county and ranks them. The index is a ranking of perceived need for each zip code.
Socioeconomic Status
The Center for Urban Population Health created a Socioeconomic Status (SES) index made up of components of income and education for each zip code in county. The zip codes were then grouped across five gradients. The Center for Urban Population Health then obtained health factors and outcomes data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and analyzed them in these five gradients. The map provides a breakdown of each group and the associated zip codes. Many indicators in Health Compass have analysis at a SES level.