Best PlacesDione, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dione, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dione ranks 42,319th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dione
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.
Dione's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dione ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$523 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 73% of towns
Where Dione ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dione
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dione home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,394, 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 Dione's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Dione
Dione 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 Dione.
Who works in Dione, and how
Work in Dione centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dione
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dione.
What the weather is like in Dione, month by month
Dione sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Dione
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 167 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dione
Schools across Dione average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cowan Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Wallins Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Letcher County Central High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Harlan County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dione school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dione 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 Dione against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dione
Is Dione a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dione ranks 42,319th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, affordable childcare, and a stable housing market, and lowest on health outcomes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dione expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $80,572. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $59,394 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Dione safe?
Dione is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $493 per resident a year.
Compare Dione with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dione. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dione 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.
Dione detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dione: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dione: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dione: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dione: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dione 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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