Best PlacesQuaker Hill, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quaker Hill, 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 Hill ranks 12,166th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Quaker Hill
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 Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quaker Hill ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Quaker Hill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,308 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quaker Hill
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quaker Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,875, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Hill's effective rate of 2.05%, 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 Quaker Hill
Quaker Hill 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 Quaker Hill.
Who works in Quaker Hill, and how
Work in Quaker Hill centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Quaker Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quaker Hill.
What the weather is like in Quaker Hill, month by month
Quaker Hill sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Quaker Hill
The nearest airport, New York Stewart International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quaker Hill
Schools across Quaker Hill average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pawling Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pawling Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Pawling High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quaker Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quaker Hill 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 Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quaker Hill
Is Quaker Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quaker Hill ranks 12,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, good schools, and health care access, 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 Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $400,800. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $86,875 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Quaker Hill safe?
Yes, Quaker Hill is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Quaker Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quaker Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quaker Hill 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 Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quaker Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quaker Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quaker Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quaker Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quaker Hill 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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