Best PlacesMillerton, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millerton, 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.
Millerton ranks 14,842nd 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 Millerton
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.
Millerton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millerton ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Millerton ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,309 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millerton
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millerton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,076, 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 Millerton's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Millerton
Millerton 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 Millerton.
Who works in Millerton, and how
Work in Millerton centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Millerton
Millerton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Millerton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Millerton, month by month
Millerton sees roughly 96 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 Millerton
Bradley International sits about 43 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Millerton
Schools across Millerton average a B+, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Taconic Hills Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Webutuck Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eugene Brooks Intermediate SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Webutuck High SchoolA+ · 95% proficient
- Stissing Mountain Junior/senior High SchoolA+ · 94% proficient
- Taconic Hillsjunior/senior High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millerton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millerton 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 Millerton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millerton
Is Millerton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millerton ranks 14,842nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, heat safety, and population health, 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 Millerton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,375. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $91,076 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Millerton safe?
Millerton is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Millerton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millerton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millerton 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.
Millerton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millerton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millerton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millerton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millerton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millerton 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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