Best PlacesJonesville, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jonesville, 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.
Jonesville ranks 36,453rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on few empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in Jonesville
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.
Jonesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jonesville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 67% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 67% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 66% of towns
Where Jonesville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jonesville
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jonesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,006, 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 Jonesville's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Jonesville
Jonesville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jonesville.
Who works in Jonesville, and how
Work in Jonesville centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Jonesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Jonesville.
What the weather is like in Jonesville, month by month
Jonesville 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 Jonesville
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International sits about 27 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 Jonesville
Schools across Jonesville average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dry Ridge ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Owen County Elementary/primary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grant County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Maurice Bowling Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Grant County High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Owen County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jonesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jonesville 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 Jonesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jonesville
Is Jonesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jonesville ranks 36,453rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low taxes, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jonesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,450. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $74,006 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Jonesville safe?
Yes, Jonesville is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Jonesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jonesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jonesville 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.
Jonesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jonesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jonesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jonesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jonesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jonesville 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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