Best PlacesQualls, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Qualls, 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.
Qualls ranks 37,968th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Qualls
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.
Qualls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Qualls ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 91 pleasant days a year, better than 61% of towns
Where Qualls ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Qualls
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Qualls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,388, 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 Qualls' effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Qualls
Qualls runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Qualls.
Who works in Qualls, and how
Work in Qualls centers on public administration and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Qualls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Qualls.
What the weather is like in Qualls, month by month
Qualls sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Qualls
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 225 miles away.
The best schools in and around Qualls
Schools across Qualls average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Keys EsB · 49% proficient
- Heritage EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Woodall Public SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tahlequah MsC · 34% proficient
- Fort Gibson MsC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Gibson HsC− · 27% proficient
- Tahlequah HsC− · 25% proficient
- Braggs HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Qualls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Qualls 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 Qualls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Qualls
Is Qualls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Qualls ranks 37,968th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and fast internet, and lowest on thin health care access and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Qualls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,282. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $58,388 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Qualls safe?
Qualls is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $395 per resident a year.
Compare Qualls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Qualls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Qualls 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.
Qualls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Qualls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Qualls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Qualls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Qualls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Qualls 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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