Best PlacesParkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford, 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.
Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford ranks 1,280th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford
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.
Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
Where Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford
A household needs to earn about $135,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $143,459, 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 Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford
Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford.
Who works in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford, and how
Work in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford, month by month
Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford
Schools across Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford average a B+, better than 80% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Orange Avenue SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- J. F. Kennedy SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Mathewson SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harborside Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- West Shore Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Joseph A. Foran High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Jonathan Law High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Platt Technical High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford 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 Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford
Is Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford ranks 1,280th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and health care access, and lowest on cell coverage and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $463,038. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $143,459 median income, cost of living beats 93% of neighborhoods.
Is Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford safe?
Yes, Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford is safer than 86% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford 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.
Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkway-Wheelers Farm Road, Milford 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.
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