Best PlacesQuail, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quail, 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.
Quail ranks 17,441st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Quail
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.
Quail's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quail ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute17.1 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Quail ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quail
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quail home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,167, 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 Quail's effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Quail
Quail runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quail.
Who works in Quail, and how
Work in Quail centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Quail
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quail.
What the weather is like in Quail, month by month
Quail sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Quail
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 77 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 238 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quail
Schools across Quail average a C+, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wellington ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wellington J HD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Wellington H SA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quail school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quail 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 Quail against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quail
Is Quail a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quail ranks 17,441st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds 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 Quail expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,400. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $89,167 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Quail safe?
Quail is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $524 per resident a year.
Compare Quail with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quail. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quail 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.
Quail detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quail: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quail: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quail: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quail: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quail 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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