Best PlacesRed Mills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Mills, 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.
Red Mills ranks 8,727th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Red Mills
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.
Red Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Mills ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute16.8 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
Where Red Mills ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Mills
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,398, 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 Red Mills' effective rate of 1.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Red Mills
Red Mills 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 Red Mills.
Who works in Red Mills, and how
Work in Red Mills centers on other services and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Red Mills
Red Mills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Red Mills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Red Mills, month by month
Red Mills sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Red Mills
The nearest airport, Ogdensburg International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 237 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Mills
Schools across Red Mills average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top high schools
- Lisbon Central SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Mills 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 Red Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Mills
Is Red Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Mills ranks 8,727th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, short commutes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,394. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $80,398 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Red Mills safe?
Yes, Red Mills is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $112 per resident a year.
Compare Red Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Mills 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.
Red Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Mills 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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