Best PlacesLejunior, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lejunior, 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.
Lejunior ranks 48,195th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lejunior
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.
Lejunior's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lejunior ranks high
- Cheap childcare$461 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Lejunior ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$26,622 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lejunior
A household needs to earn about $11,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lejunior home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $26,622, 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 Lejunior's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 1 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lejunior
Lejunior's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Lejunior.
Who works in Lejunior, and how
Work in Lejunior centers on hospitality & food and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lejunior
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lejunior.
What the weather is like in Lejunior, month by month
Lejunior 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 Lejunior
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lejunior
Schools across Lejunior average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wallins Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Harlan County High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lejunior school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lejunior 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 Lejunior against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lejunior
Is Lejunior a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lejunior ranks 48,195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and a strong job market, and lowest on cell coverage and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lejunior expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $40,900. The overall cost of living runs about 30% below the national average. Set against a $26,622 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Lejunior safe?
Lejunior is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $447 per resident a year.
Compare Lejunior with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lejunior. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lejunior 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.
Lejunior detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lejunior: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lejunior: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lejunior: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lejunior: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lejunior 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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