Best PlacesMillbrook, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millbrook, 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.
Millbrook ranks 5,891st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Millbrook
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.
Millbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millbrook ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
Where Millbrook ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millbrook
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,659, 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 Millbrook'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 Millbrook
Millbrook 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 Millbrook.
Who works in Millbrook, and how
Work in Millbrook centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Millbrook
Millbrook has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Millbrook and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Millbrook, month by month
Millbrook sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Millbrook
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millbrook
Schools across Millbrook average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alden Place Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Webutuck Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millbrook Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Dover Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Eugene Brooks Intermediate SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Webutuck High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Dover High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Millbrook High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millbrook 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 Millbrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millbrook
Is Millbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millbrook ranks 5,891st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, an educated workforce, and good schools, and lowest on an overheated housing market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Millbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $544,892. The overall cost of living runs about 37% above the national average. Set against a $97,659 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Millbrook safe?
Yes, Millbrook is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare Millbrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millbrook 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.
Millbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millbrook 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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