Best PlacesQuarles, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quarles, 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.
Quarles ranks 17,915th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Quarles
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.
Quarles' strengths and weaknesses
Where Quarles ranks high
- Cheap childcare$416 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Quarles ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 23% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quarles
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quarles home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,950, 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 Quarles' effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Quarles
Quarles runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quarles.
Who works in Quarles, and how
Work in Quarles centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Quarles
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quarles.
What the weather is like in Quarles, month by month
Quarles sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Quarles
Kansas City International sits about 78 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Quarles
Schools across Quarles average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clinton Intermediate SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Shawnee Elem.C · 35% proficient
- Windsor Elem.C− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clinton MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Leeton HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Clinton Sr. HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Windsor HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quarles school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quarles 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 Quarles against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quarles
Is Quarles a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quarles ranks 17,915th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and low crime, and lowest on the weather 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 Quarles expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,836. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $82,950 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Quarles safe?
Yes, Quarles is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
Compare Quarles with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quarles. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quarles 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.
Quarles detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quarles: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quarles: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quarles: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quarles: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quarles 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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