Best PlacesLeesburg, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leesburg, 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.
Leesburg ranks 15,074th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leesburg
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.
Leesburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leesburg ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Leesburg ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leesburg
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leesburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,407, 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 Leesburg's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Leesburg
Leesburg runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leesburg.
Who works in Leesburg, and how
Work in Leesburg centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Leesburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leesburg.
What the weather is like in Leesburg, month by month
Leesburg sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Leesburg
The nearest airport, Blue Grass, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Leesburg
Schools across Leesburg average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastern Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Cane Ridge Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Southside Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Royal Spring Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Bourbon County Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Harrison County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Scott County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Harrison County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Bourbon County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leesburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leesburg 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 Leesburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leesburg
Is Leesburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leesburg ranks 15,074th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leesburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $339,100. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $94,407 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Leesburg safe?
Yes, Leesburg is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $181 per resident a year.
Compare Leesburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leesburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leesburg 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.
Leesburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leesburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leesburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leesburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leesburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leesburg 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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