Best PlacesMillport, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millport, 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.
Millport ranks 35,778th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Millport
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.
Millport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millport ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of towns
- Cheap childcare$635 a month, better than 75% of towns
Where Millport ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millport
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,522, 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 Millport's effective rate of 0.23%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Millport
Millport runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Millport.
Who works in Millport, and how
Work in Millport centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Millport
Millport has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Millport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Millport, month by month
Millport sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Millport
The nearest airport, Golden Triangle Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millport
Schools across Millport average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vernon Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- New Hope Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Reform Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- New Hope High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Fayette County High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Pickens County High SchoolF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millport 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 Millport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millport
Is Millport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millport ranks 35,778th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and state infrastructure, and lowest on empty homes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Millport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,110. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $67,522 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Millport safe?
Millport is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $348 per resident a year.
Compare Millport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millport 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.
Millport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millport 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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