Best PlacesMillville, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Millville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Millville ranks 27,472nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Millville
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.
Millville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Millville ranks high
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 80% of towns
Where Millville ranks low
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Millville
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Millville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,180, 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 Millville's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Millville
Millville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Millville.
Who works in Millville, and how
Work in Millville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Millville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Millville.
What the weather is like in Millville, month by month
Millville sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Millville
The nearest airport, Dubuque Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 163 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millville
Schools across Millville average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clayton Ridge Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Farley Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Edgewood-colesburg Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Drexler Middle SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Clayton Ridge Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Western Dubuque High SchoolA · 78% proficient
- Clayton Ridge High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Millville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Millville 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 Millville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Millville
Is Millville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millville ranks 27,472nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, state finances, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Millville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,315. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $57,180 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Millville safe?
Yes, Millville is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
Compare Millville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Millville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Millville 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.
Millville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Millville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Millville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Millville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Millville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Millville 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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