"For as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways..."  -Isaiah 55:9

Demographics by Areas Served

HeartLove Place - 3rd & Auer (five-mile radius)

  • 185,334 African Americans
  • 5,919 Hispanics/Latinos
  • 119,752 children age 0-17 years old
  • 36,000 households that have annual incomes less than $15,000
  • (approximately 24% of the households)

City On A Hill- 23rd & State (one-mile radius)

  • 80% of the homes are headed by a single parent
  • Annual household incomes average less than $15,000
  • 60% of African-American men in the central city are unemployed
  • 1,500 children ages 5-13 years old
  • 41.3% of the the children live in poverty

New Beginnings Are Possible - 37th & Fond du Lac Avenue (one-mile radius)

  • Over 50% of the households are single parents living below $5,000 annually
  • Drug use has been steadily increasing in this area since 2002

COA Goldin Center - 23 & Burleigh St.

  • High School Graduates less than 27%
  • Families below poverty level over 30%
  • Household - 3+ per family
  • Children in household - 2+ per family

Holton Youth and Family Center - Burleigh & Holton
The combined population is 40,456 - which reflects 18,154 residents in Harambee and 22,302 in Riverwest,:
·      19,801 (49%) of the residents are male and 20,655 (51%) are female
·      10,452 (26%) of the residents are children (ages 0-17) – which reflects 7,115 in Harambee and 3,337 in Riverwest
·      12,733 (31%) of the residents are living below the poverty level (compared to the City of Milwaukee rate of 1%) – which reflects 8,011 persons in Harambee and 4,722 in Riverwest.
·      6,403 (26%) of the residents age 25 and over are not high school graduates – which reflects 3,868 persons in Harambee and 2,535 in Riverwest.
·      There were 4,769 incidents of group A offenses (assault, arson, burglary, criminal damage, locked vehicle, robbery, sex offense, theft, vehicle theft, homicide) from January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2009. This represents 118 incidents per every 1,000 resident which is 21 more incidents per 1,000 residents than in the City of Milwaukee. – This reflects 2,449 incidents in Harambee and 2,320 incidents in Riverwest.
·      More than 60% of the income tax filers for single parent families with dependents in zip code 53212 (2007) had income below the poverty level – compared to 33% of filers in the City of Milwaukee during this time.
·      88 – 92% of single parents with dependents qualified for reduced price school meals (185% of poverty) – compared to 62% in the City of Milwaukee during this time.
·      1,021 single parents with dependents earned less than $10,000 in 2007 and another 448 earned less than $15,000.