Best PlacesLake Milton, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Milton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lake Milton ranks 11,821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Milton
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Lake Milton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Milton ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of towns
Where Lake Milton ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Milton
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Milton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,440, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lake Milton's effective rate of 1.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lake Milton
Lake Milton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Milton.
Who works in Lake Milton, and how
Work in Lake Milton centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lake Milton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Milton.
What the weather is like in Lake Milton, month by month
Lake Milton sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lake Milton
The nearest airport, Akron-Canton Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Milton
Schools across Lake Milton average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Western Reserve Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Jackson-milton Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Newton Falls Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson-milton Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Western Reserve Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Southeast Junior High SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Jackson-milton High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Western Reserve High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Southeast High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Milton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Milton measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lake Milton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Milton
Is Lake Milton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Milton ranks 11,821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Milton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,422. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $91,440 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Lake Milton safe?
Yes, Lake Milton is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $223 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Milton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Milton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Milton represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Lake Milton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Milton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Milton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Milton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Milton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Milton detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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