Best PlacesQuality, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quality, 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.
Quality ranks 38,927th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Quality
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.
Quality's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quality ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
- Cheap childcare$660 a month, better than 71% of towns
Where Quality ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quality
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quality home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,240, 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 Quality's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Quality
Quality runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quality.
Who works in Quality, and how
Work in Quality centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Quality
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quality.
What the weather is like in Quality, month by month
Quality sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Quality
The nearest airport, Owensboro/Daviess County Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quality
Schools across Quality average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lewisburg Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Chandlers Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Morgantown Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Butler County Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Logan County High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Butler County High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quality school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quality 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 Quality against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quality
Is Quality a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quality ranks 38,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low property taxes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on cell coverage and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quality expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,617. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $61,240 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Quality safe?
Quality is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Quality with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quality. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quality 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.
Quality detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quality: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quality: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quality: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quality: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quality 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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