Best PlacesMilanville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Milanville, 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.
Milanville ranks 12,173rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Milanville
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.
Milanville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Milanville ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Milanville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute35.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Milanville
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Milanville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,188, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Milanville's effective rate of 1.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Milanville
Milanville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Milanville.
Who works in Milanville, and how
Work in Milanville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Milanville
Milanville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Milanville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Milanville, month by month
Milanville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Milanville
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Milanville
Schools across Milanville average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Damascus Area SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top high schools
- Honesdale HsA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Milanville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Milanville 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 Milanville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Milanville
Is Milanville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Milanville ranks 12,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, civic engagement, and big-city access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Milanville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,929. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $72,188 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Milanville safe?
Yes, Milanville is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $169 per resident a year.
Compare Milanville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Milanville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Milanville 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.
Milanville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Milanville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Milanville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Milanville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Milanville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Milanville 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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