Best PlacesIone, NV 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. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ione ranks 17,574th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and distance from a big city 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
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
Where Ione ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ione
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ione home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $120,625, 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 Ione's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ione
Ione's age mix sits close to the national median.
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 public administration and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 22%
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 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 29° | 14° |
| April | 64° | 44° | 23° |
| July | 92° | 70° | 45° |
| October | 67° | 42° | 20° |
Flying in and out of Ione
The nearest airport, Elko Regional, is about 127 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 240 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ione
Schools across Ione average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Battle Mountain Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Numa Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eleanor Lemaire Junior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Battle Mountain High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Churchill County High SchoolC− · 26% 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 17,574th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, clean air, and heat safety, and lowest on distance from a big city and crime. 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 $259,700. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $120,625 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Ione safe?
Ione is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $879 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
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