Best PlacesMillry, AL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millry, 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.
Millry ranks 35,054th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Millry
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.
Millry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millry ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 89% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Millry ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millry
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,204, 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 Millry's effective rate of 0.26%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Millry
Millry runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Millry.
Who works in Millry, and how
Work in Millry centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Millry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Millry.
What the weather is like in Millry, month by month
Millry sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Millry
The nearest airport, Key Field, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millry
Schools across Millry average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chatom Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Buckatunna Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Southern Choctaw Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington County High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Wayne County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Southern Choctaw High SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millry 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 Millry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millry
Is Millry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millry ranks 35,054th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on internet speeds and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Millry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,330. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $69,204 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Millry safe?
Millry is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $350 per resident a year.
Compare Millry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millry 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.
Millry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millry 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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