Best PlacesMilton Junction, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Milton Junction, 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.
Milton Junction ranks 15,514th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Milton Junction
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.
Milton Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Milton Junction ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Milton Junction ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Milton Junction
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Milton Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,914, 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 Milton Junction's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 Milton Junction
Milton Junction's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Milton Junction.
Who works in Milton Junction, and how
Work in Milton Junction centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Milton Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Milton Junction.
What the weather is like in Milton Junction, month by month
Milton Junction sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Milton Junction
The nearest airport, Dane County Regional/Truax Field, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Milton Junction
Schools across Milton Junction average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- West ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- East ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northside IntermediateB+ · 52% proficient
- Milton MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Milton HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Milton Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Milton Junction 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 Milton Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Milton Junction
Is Milton Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Milton Junction ranks 15,514th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, few empty homes, and heat safety, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Milton Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,326. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $83,914 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Milton Junction safe?
Yes, Milton Junction is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Milton Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Milton Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Milton Junction 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.
Milton Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Milton Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Milton Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Milton Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Milton Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Milton Junction 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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