Best PlacesDillsboro, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dillsboro, 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.
Dillsboro ranks 22,479th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cheap car insurance.
The best neighborhoods in Dillsboro
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.
Dillsboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dillsboro ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Dillsboro ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Short commute34.2 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap childcare$971 a month, better than only 27% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dillsboro
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dillsboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,701, 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 Dillsboro's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Dillsboro
Dillsboro 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 Dillsboro.
Who works in Dillsboro, and how
Work in Dillsboro centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dillsboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dillsboro.
What the weather is like in Dillsboro, month by month
Dillsboro sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Dillsboro
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 22 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.4 million passengers in 2025, with 99 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Dillsboro
Schools across Dillsboro average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dillsboro Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- South Ripley Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Manchester Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Ripley Junior High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- South Dearborn Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Ohio County Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Rising Sun High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Milan High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- South Ripley High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dillsboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dillsboro 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 Dillsboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dillsboro
Is Dillsboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dillsboro ranks 22,479th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, walkability, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dillsboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,613. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $75,701 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Dillsboro safe?
Yes, Dillsboro is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $213 per resident a year.
Compare Dillsboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dillsboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dillsboro 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.
Dillsboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dillsboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dillsboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dillsboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dillsboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dillsboro 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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