Best PlacesMilner Crossroads, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Milner Crossroads, 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.
Milner Crossroads ranks 30,008th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on a strong job market, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Milner Crossroads
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.
Milner Crossroads' strengths and weaknesses
Where Milner Crossroads ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
Where Milner Crossroads ranks low
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 25% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Milner Crossroads
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Milner Crossroads home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,455, 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 Milner Crossroads' effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Milner Crossroads
Milner Crossroads 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 Milner Crossroads.
Who works in Milner Crossroads, and how
Work in Milner Crossroads centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Milner Crossroads
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Milner Crossroads.
What the weather is like in Milner Crossroads, month by month
Milner Crossroads sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Milner Crossroads
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 41 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Milner Crossroads
Schools across Milner Crossroads average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lamar County Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pike County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Lamar County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Pike County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Lamar County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Milner Crossroads school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Milner Crossroads 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 Milner Crossroads against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Milner Crossroads
Is Milner Crossroads a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Milner Crossroads ranks 30,008th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and state finances, and lowest on long commutes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Milner Crossroads expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,788. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $74,455 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Milner Crossroads safe?
Milner Crossroads is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
Compare Milner Crossroads with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Milner Crossroads. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Milner Crossroads 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.
Milner Crossroads detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Milner Crossroads: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Milner Crossroads: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Milner Crossroads: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Milner Crossroads: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Milner Crossroads 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.