A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Millville$2,580/mo

Typical home $421K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Bluffton$1,090/mo

Typical home $182K (Census) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $825/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,480 a month, about $17,800 a year, between Millville and Bluffton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

MillvilleBluffton

Snow a year48″51″

January low4°F -2°F

July high83°F 78°F

Growing season (days)148d 141d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)75th 48th

Outdoors & history

MillvilleBluffton

Settled—1880

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—2

Community

MillvilleBluffton

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

210 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MillvilleMN BlufftonMN

Millville ↔ Bluffton210 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Minnesota average

MillvilleBluffton

People

Population 247Lowest 263Highest

Median age 25.5±16.1Highest 34% below MN 24.8±6.6Lowest 36% below MN

Millville and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 43.7%±11.6Highest MN: 22.9% 33.5%±6.6Lowest MN: 22.9%

Millville and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 11.3%±6.8Highest MN: 17.3% 8.4%±8.5Lowest MN: 17.3%

Millville and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16%Lowest MN: 39.4% 18.6%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±2.4Highest MN: 5.8% 0.8%±4Lowest MN: 5.8%

Millville and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $94,063±$45kLowest 6% above MN $100,417±$17kHighest 13% above MN

Bluffton and Millville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $159,400±$34kLowest 52% below MN $182,300±$21kHighest 45% below MN

Bluffton and Millville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$294Lowest 39% below MN $825±$97Highest 36% below MN

Bluffton and Millville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,696Highest 49% below MN $1,650Lowest 51% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50%±76.5Highest MN: 48.1% 42.9%±100Lowest MN: 48.1%

Millville and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.2%Highest MN: 9.3% 2.3%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.4%Lowest MN: 72.2% 83.1%Highest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1951Lowest 28 yrs older than MN 1975Highest 4 yrs older than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 37% above MN 19 minLowest 15% below MN

Work from home 5.6%±5.2Highest MN: 17.6% 2.7%±4Lowest MN: 17.6%

Millville and Bluffton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.8 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.31Lowest 0.35Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Rochester (41%)Perham (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BlufftonFew work in Millville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 132Highest 9.8Lowest

Minnesota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Millville vs Bluffton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,480 more a month in Millville

What daily life feels like in each

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