Best PlacesMiller Park, Lynchburg, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Miller Park, Lynchburg, 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.
Miller Park, Lynchburg ranks 4,891st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Miller Park, Lynchburg
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.
Miller Park, Lynchburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Miller Park, Lynchburg ranks high
- Cheap childcare$602 a month, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Short commute19.2 minutes each way, better than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Miller Park, Lynchburg ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Household income$41,087 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Miller Park, Lynchburg
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Miller Park, Lynchburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,087, 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 Miller Park, Lynchburg's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Miller Park, Lynchburg
Miller Park, Lynchburg runs younger 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 Miller Park, Lynchburg.
Who works in Miller Park, Lynchburg, and how
Work in Miller Park, Lynchburg centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Miller Park, Lynchburg
Miller Park, Lynchburg has more parkland per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Miller Park, Lynchburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Miller Park, Lynchburg, month by month
Miller Park, Lynchburg sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 78° | 66° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Miller Park, Lynchburg
The nearest airport, Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Richmond International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Miller Park, Lynchburg
Schools across Miller Park, Lynchburg average a B+, better than 80% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Robert S. Payne ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Sheffield ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- T.c. Miller Elementary School For InnovationC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle For InnovationB+ · 52% proficient
- Linkhorne MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Sandusky MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- E.c. Glass HighA− · 60% proficient
- Heritage HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Miller Park, Lynchburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Miller Park, Lynchburg 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 Miller Park, Lynchburg against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Miller Park, Lynchburg
Is Miller Park, Lynchburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Miller Park, Lynchburg ranks 4,891st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, cheap car insurance, and low disaster risk, and lowest on empty homes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Miller Park, Lynchburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,107. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $41,087 median income, cost of living beats 12% of neighborhoods.
Is Miller Park, Lynchburg safe?
Miller Park, Lynchburg is safer than 8% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $901 per resident a year.
Compare Miller Park, Lynchburg with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Miller Park, Lynchburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Miller Park, Lynchburg 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.
Miller Park, Lynchburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Miller Park, Lynchburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Miller Park, Lynchburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Miller Park, Lynchburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Miller Park, Lynchburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Miller Park, Lynchburg 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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