Best PlacesMills, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mills, 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.
Mills ranks 33,406th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mills
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' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mills ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Mills ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mills
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $84,531; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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' effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mills
Mills 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 Mills.
Who works in Mills, and how
Work in Mills centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mills.
What the weather is like in Mills, month by month
Mills sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 49° | 36° |
| July | 96° | 80° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 50° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Mills
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mills
Schools across Mills average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red Cliff SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Juab Jr HighC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Juab HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mills 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mills
Is Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mills ranks 33,406th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on tree cover and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $380,100. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $84,531 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Mills safe?
Mills is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
Compare Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mills 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mills 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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