Best PlacesQuaker City, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quaker City, 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.
Quaker City ranks 14,985th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Quaker City
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.
Quaker City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quaker City ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
Where Quaker City ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,277 a month, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quaker City
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quaker City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,501, 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 Quaker City's effective rate of 1.79%, 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 Quaker City
Quaker City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quaker City.
Who works in Quaker City, and how
Work in Quaker City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Quaker City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quaker City.
What the weather is like in Quaker City, month by month
Quaker City sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 64° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Quaker City
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quaker City
Schools across Quaker City average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Unity Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Acworth Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charlestown Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Fall Mountain Regional High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Stevens High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quaker City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quaker City 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 Quaker City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quaker City
Is Quaker City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quaker City ranks 14,985th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quaker City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,072. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $84,501 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Quaker City safe?
Yes, Quaker City is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
Compare Quaker City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quaker City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quaker City 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.
Quaker City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quaker City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quaker City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quaker City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quaker City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quaker City 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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