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Milton is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 184th among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 80% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 73% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $312K for a typical one and 3.5 times the Albany metro’s $88K median household income. Its National Register listings include US Post Office-Ballston Spa and Brookside. Milton’s January low is 13°F, where New York’s towns sit at 16°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. The biggest place to walk is Boice Family Park, 176 acres with 4.6 miles of trail.
Where Milton beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,795 in 1820, 18,800 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1902 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Milton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Milton. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
27 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
23 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
5 mi TheatreSaratoga Performing Arts Center
13 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic Site
29 mi Stadium & arenaMVP ArenaNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Milton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Milton.
Milton has less food insecurity than most of New York and has commutes shorter than most of New York.
| Milton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.9% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Boice Family Park | 4.6 mi | 176 |
| 2. Woods Hollow Nature Preserve | 4.1 mi | 125 |
| 3. Burgess Kimball Memorial Park | 1.3 mi | 27 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Ballston Spa Central School District. One of its 5 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Road Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 477 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.7% of its 21,836 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
32% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Milton. Milton beats the New York average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 21% of adults get no exercise outside work in Milton.
| Milton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| What stands out | Milton | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 7.9% |
| More adults with depression | 21.3% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 8,698 working residents takes 25.1 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Milton fell to 4,243 in 2023, 993 fewer than in 2013. Milton’s median household income is $100,000.
| Milton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $100,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Milton has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 13° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. 16% of Milton residents are 65 or older. Milton has grown 3.9% since 2020, to 19,546 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Milton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 32% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.2 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.1 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Milton | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.7% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.4% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.8% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Milton since 1987.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median rent in Milton is $1,423 a month.
| Milton | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,423 a month | $1,098 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Milton
About 5 of every 100 Milton residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Milton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in Milton on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Milton.
Town in New York, United States
Milton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 18,800 at the 2020 census. Some believe that the town was named after the poet, John Milton, while other sources state that it is a shortening of "Mill-town" for the early mill activity. Milton is an interior town in the central part of the county. It is southwest of Saratoga Springs.
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4 towns share a border with Milton.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton | #184 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Greenfield | #408 | B− | C− | — | A− | B |
| Saratoga Springs | #199 | A− | D | C+ | A− | A |
| Ballston | #128 | A | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Galway | #436 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B+ |
Milton, Greenfield, Ballston and Galway report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Milton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Milton grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #184 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools.
The typical home is worth about $312,000, 41% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
3 notable people were born here, including William Jay Youmans and Margaret Russo.
