Best PlacesLineville, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lineville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lineville ranks 13,040th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lineville
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.
Lineville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lineville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Lineville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 29% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lineville
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lineville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,717, 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 Lineville's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lineville
Lineville runs older than the country, 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 Lineville.
Who works in Lineville, and how
Work in Lineville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lineville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lineville.
What the weather is like in Lineville, month by month
Lineville sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lineville
The nearest airport, Kirksville Regional, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lineville
Schools across Lineville average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wayne Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- North Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayne Community Jr-sr High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Central Decatur Ms/hs High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lineville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lineville 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 Lineville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lineville
Is Lineville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lineville ranks 13,040th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state finances, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lineville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,173. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $65,717 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Lineville safe?
Yes, Lineville is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $139 per resident a year.
Compare Lineville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lineville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lineville 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.
Lineville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lineville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lineville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lineville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lineville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lineville 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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