Best PlacesQuantico, VA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quantico, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Quantico ranks 35,969th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Quantico
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.
Quantico's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quantico ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Quantico ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,333 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quantico
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quantico home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,500, 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 Quantico's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Quantico
Quantico runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Quantico.
Who works in Quantico, and how
Work in Quantico centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Quantico
The coast is about 0 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Quantico, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Quantico, month by month
Quantico sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Quantico
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 26 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Quantico
Schools across Quantico average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ashland ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Coles ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- The Nokesville SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Louise A. Benton MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Graham Park MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- H.h. Poole MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighA · 77% proficient
- Forest Park HighA · 71% proficient
- North Stafford HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quantico school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quantico 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 Quantico against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quantico
Is Quantico a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quantico ranks 35,969th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, population health, and biking, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quantico expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $321,700. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $64,500 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Quantico safe?
Quantico is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $825 per resident a year.
Compare Quantico with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quantico. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quantico 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.
Quantico detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quantico: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quantico: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quantico: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quantico: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quantico 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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