Best PlacesQuapaw, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quapaw, 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.
Quapaw ranks 40,613th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Quapaw
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.
Quapaw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quapaw ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute22.0 minutes each way, better than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 71% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 68% of towns
- BikingBetter than 67% of towns
Where Quapaw ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quapaw
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quapaw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,219, 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 Quapaw's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Quapaw
Quapaw runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quapaw.
Who works in Quapaw, and how
Work in Quapaw centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Quapaw
Quapaw has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Quapaw and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Quapaw, month by month
Quapaw sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Quapaw
The nearest airport, Joplin Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 162 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quapaw
Schools across Quapaw average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wyandotte EsD+ · 22% proficient
- Quapaw EsD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wyandotte MsD− · 15% proficient
- Quapaw MsF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Wyandotte HsD · 23% proficient
- Quapaw HsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quapaw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quapaw 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 Quapaw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quapaw
Is Quapaw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quapaw ranks 40,613th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and cell coverage, and lowest on the schools and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quapaw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,398. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $57,219 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Quapaw safe?
Yes, Quapaw is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare Quapaw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quapaw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quapaw 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.
Quapaw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quapaw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quapaw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quapaw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quapaw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quapaw 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.