Best PlacesMills Estates, Burlingame, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mills Estates, Burlingame, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mills Estates, Burlingame ranks 1,243rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mills Estates, Burlingame
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.
Mills Estates, Burlingame's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mills Estates, Burlingame ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- Household income$159,644 median, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 224 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Mills Estates, Burlingame ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,233 a month, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Short commute29.0 minutes each way, better than only 23% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mills Estates, Burlingame
A household needs to earn about $506,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mills Estates, Burlingame home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $159,644, 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 Mills Estates, Burlingame's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Mills Estates, Burlingame
Mills Estates, Burlingame runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mills Estates, Burlingame.
Who works in Mills Estates, Burlingame, and how
Work in Mills Estates, Burlingame centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Mills Estates, Burlingame
Mills Estates, Burlingame has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 9 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Mills Estates, Burlingame and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mills Estates, Burlingame, month by month
Mills Estates, Burlingame sees roughly 224 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs April through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 53° | 46° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 49° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 56° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Mills Estates, Burlingame
San Francisco International sits about 2 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.5 million passengers in 2025, with 193 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mills Estates, Burlingame
Schools across Mills Estates, Burlingame average an A, better than 95% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Franklin ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Ortega ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burlingame IntermediateA · 67% proficient
- Ingrid B. Lacy MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Terra Nova HighA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mills Estates, Burlingame school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mills Estates, Burlingame 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 Mills Estates, Burlingame against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mills Estates, Burlingame
Is Mills Estates, Burlingame a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mills Estates, Burlingame ranks 1,243rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on good schools, high incomes, and the weather, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mills Estates, Burlingame expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,999,555. The overall cost of living runs about 84% above the national average. Set against a $159,644 median income, cost of living beats 61% of neighborhoods.
Is Mills Estates, Burlingame safe?
Mills Estates, Burlingame is safer than 36% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $586 per resident a year.
Compare Mills Estates, Burlingame with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mills Estates, Burlingame. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mills Estates, Burlingame 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.
Mills Estates, Burlingame detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mills Estates, Burlingame: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mills Estates, Burlingame: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mills Estates, Burlingame: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mills Estates, Burlingame: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mills Estates, Burlingame 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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