Best PlacesMilton Upper Mills, Milton, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Milton Upper Mills, Milton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Milton Upper Mills, Milton ranks 590th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Milton Upper Mills, Milton
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 Upper Mills, Milton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Milton Upper Mills, Milton ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Household income$166,833 median, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Milton Upper Mills, Milton ranks low
- Cheap childcare$2,403 a month, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute39.6 minutes each way, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Milton Upper Mills, Milton
A household needs to earn about $223,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Milton Upper Mills, Milton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $166,833, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Upper Mills, Milton's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Upper Mills, Milton
Milton Upper Mills, Milton's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Milton Upper Mills, Milton.
Who works in Milton Upper Mills, Milton, and how
Work in Milton Upper Mills, Milton centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 48%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Milton Upper Mills, Milton
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Milton Upper Mills, Milton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Milton Upper Mills, Milton, month by month
Milton Upper Mills, Milton sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 22° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Milton Upper Mills, Milton
General Edward Lawrence Logan International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 21.1 million passengers in 2025, with 199 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Milton Upper Mills, Milton
Schools across Milton Upper Mills, Milton average an A, better than 94% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Cunningham SchoolA · 64% proficient
- TuckerB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles S Pierce MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Milton HighA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Milton Upper Mills, Milton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Milton Upper Mills, Milton 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 Upper Mills, Milton against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Milton Upper Mills, Milton
Is Milton Upper Mills, Milton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Milton Upper Mills, Milton ranks 590th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, high incomes, and tree cover, and lowest on childcare costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Milton Upper Mills, Milton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $835,683. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $166,833 median income, cost of living beats 84% of neighborhoods.
Is Milton Upper Mills, Milton safe?
Yes, Milton Upper Mills, Milton is safer than 88% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Milton Upper Mills, Milton with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Milton Upper Mills, Milton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Milton Upper Mills, Milton 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 Upper Mills, Milton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Milton Upper Mills, Milton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Milton Upper Mills, Milton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Milton Upper Mills, Milton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Milton Upper Mills, Milton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Milton Upper Mills, Milton 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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