Best PlacesMillhurst, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millhurst, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Millhurst ranks 15,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Millhurst
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.
Millhurst's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millhurst ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Millhurst ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,203 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millhurst
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millhurst home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,640, 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 Millhurst's effective rate of 2.34%, 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 Millhurst
Millhurst runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Millhurst.
Who works in Millhurst, and how
Work in Millhurst centers on transportation & warehousing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Millhurst
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Millhurst.
What the weather is like in Millhurst, month by month
Millhurst sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Millhurst
Chicago O'Hare International sits about 41 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.8 million passengers in 2025, with 305 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Millhurst
Schools across Millhurst average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Circle Center Grade SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Newark Elem SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millbrook Junior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Yorkville Intermediate SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Emily G Johns SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Yorkville High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Newark Comm High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Sandwich Community High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millhurst school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millhurst 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 Millhurst against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millhurst
Is Millhurst a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millhurst ranks 15,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, civic engagement, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Millhurst expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $404,414. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $93,640 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Millhurst safe?
Millhurst is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $250 per resident a year.
Compare Millhurst with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millhurst. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millhurst 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.
Millhurst detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millhurst: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millhurst: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millhurst: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millhurst: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millhurst 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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