Best PlacesMillican, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millican, 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.
Millican ranks 608th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Millican
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.
Millican's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millican ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$158,774 median, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Millican ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millican
A household needs to earn about $144,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millican home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $158,774, 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 Millican's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 Millican
Millican runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Millican.
Who works in Millican, and how
Work in Millican centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Millican
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Millican.
What the weather is like in Millican, month by month
Millican sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 63, 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 | 63° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Millican
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millican
Schools across Millican average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Forest RidgeA+ · 77% proficient
- Greens Prairie ElA− · 58% proficient
- Pebble Creek ElA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- A & M Consolidated MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Cypress Grove IntB · 44% proficient
- Navasota J HC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- College Station H SA · 71% proficient
- A & M Cons H SA · 67% proficient
- Navasota H SC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millican school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millican 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 Millican against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millican
Is Millican a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millican ranks 608th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Millican expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $512,388. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $158,774 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Millican safe?
Yes, Millican is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
Compare Millican with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millican. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millican 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.
Millican detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millican: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millican: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millican: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millican: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millican 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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