b'MILWAUKEE COUNTY MOVE MKESouth Shore CudahyOak CreekSt. Francis South MilwaukeeThe South Shore includes the communities of Cudahy, Oak Creek, St. Francis and South Milwaukee. Oak Creek is the largest and fastest-growing South Shore community, spanning almost 29 square miles. Located on Lake Michigan in the southeastern corner of Milwaukee County, its motto is Where City Meets the Country. It offers more than two dozen distinct neighborhoods, including Drexel Town Square, a development that includes restaurants, stores, offices, the Oak Creek Public Library, residential living, green space and trails. Lakeshore Commons, a major new development now under way, is creating 400 Greendale Village Days apartments and 300 single-family homes and townhouses. The old-world charm and lakefront location of St. Francis has spawned and Hales Corners offer both urban and rural living opportunities.several condominium and apartment projects as well. Cudahy, a They contain some of the countys busiest commercial districts andcompany town formed by the Cudahy Packing Company in 1896, is some of the most beautiful parkland in the county. Whitnall Parkprimarily a quiet, residential community with quick access to the and the Root River Parkway, which cut through southwesternairport and the interstate. South Milwaukee is one of the more Milwaukee County, offer acres upon acres of green space forpopulous South Shore communities, but retains a small-town flavor picnicking, bicycling and other types of family enjoyment. Whitnallwith a healthy mix of business and residential settings. It is also is home to Boerner Botanical Gardens, Wehr Nature Centerone of the older communities with roots that date back to the hiking trails and the Whitnall Park Golf Course. There is also The1830s. Grant Park, one of the largest parks in the Milwaukee Rock Franklin, located at South 76th Street and West RawsonCounty Park System, is located along Lake Michigan at the eastern Avenue. The Rock offers a snow park featuring skiing,edge of the community.snowboarding and tubing; a sports complex; Franklin Field, home of the Milwaukee Milkmen independent professional baseball team;MUNICIPALITYMedian IncomeTime to AirportMedian 2022 and the mixed-use entertainment destination Ballpark Commons.WebsitePopulation Miles to Downtown Home Sales Price Franklin is one of the states fastest-growing areas with residentialTax Ratedevelopments springing up near Drexel, Puetz, Loomis, RawsonCUDAHY$63,4195 minutes$304,000 and Ryan roads. cudahy-wi.gov18,093 6 miles $21.06Schools: CudahyGreendale, modeled after an English garden town, is one of threeOAK CREEK$80,81710 minutes$334,500 Greenbelt communities created by the federal government in theoakcreekwi.org37,608 10 miles $20.381930s. Greenfield is one of the countys larger communitiesSchools: Oak Creek-Franklingeographically and, as its name implies, contains many parks andST. FRANCIS$48,57310 minutes$242,000 recreational areas. The recently developed 84 South, located atstfranciswi.org9,8116 miles $27.79Layton Avenue and South 84th Street, is a mix of apartments,Schools: St. Francisoffices, health care, fitness establishments, shops and restaurants.SOUTH MILWAUKEE$61,04610 minutes$238,000 Hales Corners, the smallest of the southwestern suburbs, is asouthmilwaukee.gov20,7438 miles $22.54quaint community with several residential subdivisions andSchools: South Milwaukeecommercial districts along Highway 100, Janesville Road and Forest Home Avenue near the Milwaukee-Waukesha county line.MUNICIPALITYMedian IncomeTime to AirportMedian 2022 WebsitePopulation Miles to Downtown Home Sales Price Tax RateFRANKLIN$89,92715 minutes$413,000 franklinwi.gov36,64610 miles $19.08Schools: Franklin; Franklin-Whitnall; Oak Creek-FranklinGREENDALE$78,31015 minutes$379,000 greendale.org14,3939 miles $22.41Schools: GreendaleGREENFIELD$62,80615 minutes$247,500 ci.greenfield.wi.us36,8567 miles $22.26Schools: Greenfield; Whitnall; West Allis/West MilwaukeeHALES CORNERS$84,64315 minutes$377,000 halescorners.org7,54612 miles $21.58Schools: Whitnalldiscovermilwaukee.com 65'