Best PlacesMill City, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mill City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mill City ranks 24,254th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mill City
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.
Mill City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mill City ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 82% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 77% of towns
Where Mill City ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mill City
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mill City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,774, 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 Mill City's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 Mill City
Mill City 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 Mill City.
Who works in Mill City, and how
Work in Mill City centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mill City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mill City.
What the weather is like in Mill City, month by month
Mill City sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Mill City
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mill City
Schools across Mill City average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newton-ransom SchA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Tunkhannock HsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mill City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mill City 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 Mill City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mill City
Is Mill City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mill City ranks 24,254th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and clean air, and lowest on cell coverage and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mill City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,178. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $69,774 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Mill City safe?
Mill City is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Mill City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mill City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mill City 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.
Mill City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mill City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mill City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mill City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mill City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mill City 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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