Best PlacesMilldale, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Milldale, 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.
Milldale ranks 40,093rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Milldale
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.
Milldale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Milldale ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of towns
Where Milldale ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Milldale
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Milldale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,635, 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 Milldale's effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Milldale
Milldale 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 Milldale.
Who works in Milldale, and how
Work in Milldale centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Milldale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Milldale.
What the weather is like in Milldale, month by month
Milldale sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 59° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Milldale
The nearest airport, Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Milldale
Schools across Milldale average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northeast Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Copper Mill Elementary/middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Northeast High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Milldale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Milldale 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 Milldale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Milldale
Is Milldale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Milldale ranks 40,093rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on car insurance costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Milldale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $493,656. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $61,635 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Milldale safe?
Milldale is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $437 per resident a year.
Compare Milldale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Milldale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Milldale 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.
Milldale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Milldale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Milldale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Milldale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Milldale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Milldale 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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