Best PlacesIone, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ione, 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.
Ione ranks 29,403rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ione
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.
Ione's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ione ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
Where Ione ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ione
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ione home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,279, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Ione's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ione
Ione's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ione.
Who works in Ione, and how
Work in Ione centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ione
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ione.
What the weather is like in Ione, month by month
Ione sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 28° | 16° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 34° |
| July | 91° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 68° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Ione
Denver International sits about 22 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ione
Schools across Ione average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kenneth Homyak Pk-8C+ · 39% proficient
- Platteville Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Hoff Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Weld Central Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- South Valley Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Fort Lupton Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Weld Central Senior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Valley High SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Fort Lupton High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ione school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ione 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 Ione against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ione
Is Ione a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ione ranks 29,403rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ione expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $533,588. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $100,279 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Ione safe?
Ione is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $470 per resident a year.
Compare Ione with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ione. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ione 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.
Ione detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ione: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ione: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ione: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ione: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ione 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.