Best PlacesMiller River, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Miller River, 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 River ranks 39,237th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Miller River
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 River's strengths and weaknesses
Where Miller River ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Miller River ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,022 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Miller River
A household needs to earn about $147,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Miller River home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,429, 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 Miller River's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Miller River
Miller River 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 Miller River.
Who works in Miller River, and how
Work in Miller River centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Miller River
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Miller River.
What the weather is like in Miller River, month by month
Miller River sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 72 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 24° |
| April | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| July | 72° | 59° | 49° |
| October | 51° | 43° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Miller River
The nearest airport, Seattle Paine Field International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 46 miles away.
Miller River 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 River against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Miller River
Is Miller River a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Miller River ranks 39,237th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, fast internet, and clean air, and lowest on childcare costs 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 Miller River expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $549,100. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $76,429 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Miller River safe?
Miller River is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $758 per resident a year.
Compare Miller River with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Miller River. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Miller River 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 River detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Miller River: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Miller River: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Miller River: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Miller River: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Miller River 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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