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Millville grades D− overall, ranked 454th of 466 in New Jersey, mostly because of schools and safety. Its schools rank behind 94% of the state's. It reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, including 105 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, it has 32 miles of trail and 32% conserved land. Millville’s property crime rate is 36.7 per 1,000 residents, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 7.4 and U.S. towns at 9.9. On health, just 23 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Millville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns.
Where Millville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Millville's First Bank Building| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Heights Elementary School | K–5 | 466 |
| Silver Run Elementary School | K–5 | 460 |
| Rieck Avenue Elementary School | K–5 | 419 |
Census counts: 1,032 in 1810, 27,491 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 6 maps from 1890 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Millville is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Millville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Millville.
Millville keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Jersey, but it reports property crime at 3 times the New Jersey rate.
Its public schools are run by the Millville School District. Three of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 929 | D |
| Millville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,687 | C |
| Cumberland County Technical Education CenterTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,296 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Property crime runs at 36.7 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the New Jersey rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 1,346 to 1,131 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Millville’s violent crime rate is 3.8 per 1,000 residents. Millville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 93% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Millville home is worth about $256,000, up 1.7% in a year, 55% below the New Jersey typical home. 64% of Millville households own their home.
| Millville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,261 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its 9,099 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 87% of New Jersey towns.
32 miles of trail in 15 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Union Lake Wildlife Management Area, 3,273 acres with 16.9 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Union Lake Wildlife Management Area | 16.9 mi | 3,273 |
| 2. Menantico Ponds Wildlife Management Area | 4.9 mi | 1,769 |
| 3. Cumberland County Open Space | 3.5 mi | 95 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
40% of adults have obesity in Millville. Millville beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Millville.
| Millville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 36% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Millville | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.1% | 7% |
| More adults with COPD | 8% | 5.1% |
| More smokers | 16.9% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household income in Millville is $70,000. About one in 5 of Millville’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Millville is 25 minutes.
| Millville | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.2% | 17% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 20% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 29 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Millville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Millville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1 within 15 miles of the center of Millville
About 5 of every 100 Millville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
2 places in Millville on the National Register of Historic Places.
14 notable people were born in Millville.
City in Cumberland County, New Jersey, US
Millville is a city in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 27,491, a decrease of 909 (−3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 28,400, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,553 (+5.8%) from the 26,847 counted in the 2000 census. Millville was originally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 24, 1801, from portions of Fairfield Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Landis Township on March 7, 1864. Millville was reincorporated as a city on March 1, 1866, based on the results of a referendum passed that same day. The city derives its name from a proposal to cr…
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7 towns share a border with Millville.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millville | #454 | D− | D | D | D | C− |
| Lawrence Township | #446 | D− | D | — | C− | C+ |
| Deerfield Township | #461 | D− | D | — | D | D |
| Commercial Township | #466 | D− | C− | — | D− | D |
| Maurice River Township | #462 | D− | C− | — | D | C+ |
| Downe Township | — | — | C− | — | D− | C |
| Laurel Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vineland | #447 | D− | D | D | D | C |
Downe Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lawrence Township, Deerfield Township, Commercial Township, Maurice River Township and Downe Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Laurel Lake isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Millville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Millville grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #454 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades C− for health, D for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
14 notable people were born here, including Steven S. DeKnight and Logan Pearsall Smith.
