Best PlacesMillville, NJ 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. 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.
Millville ranks 1,756th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
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
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of cities
- QuietBetter than 91% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 70% of cities
Where Millville ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Millville
A household needs to earn about $70,000 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 $77,901, 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 2.09%, 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 7 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, and households here run smaller than average.
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 health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Millville
Millville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. The coast is about 37 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Millville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Millville, month by month
Millville sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Millville
The nearest airport, Atlantic City International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Millville
Schools across Millville average a D−, better than 2% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Maurice River Township SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Myron L. Powell Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
- Rieck Avenue Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeside Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland County Technical Education CenterB+ · 55% proficient
- Millville Senior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Vineland Senior High SchoolD · 18% 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 2,097 cities.
Who Millville suits
Common questions about living in Millville
Is Millville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Millville ranks 1,756th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and few empty homes, and lowest on the schools and state finances. 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 $228,576. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $77,901 median income, cost of living beats 43% of cities.
Is Millville safe?
Millville is safer than 35% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $257 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Millville?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 46 with lows near 24. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of cities.
Is Millville good for families?
Schools beat 2% of cities, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $1,350 a month.
Compare Millville with other cities
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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