Best PlacesQuarryville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quarryville, 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.
Quarryville ranks 10,112th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Quarryville
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.
Quarryville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quarryville ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 85% of towns
Where Quarryville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,110 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quarryville
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quarryville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $82,782; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Quarryville's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Quarryville
Quarryville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quarryville.
Who works in Quarryville, and how
Work in Quarryville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Quarryville
The coast is about 45 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Quarryville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Quarryville, month by month
Quarryville sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 84° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Quarryville
The nearest airport, Lancaster, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Philadelphia International, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quarryville
Schools across Quarryville average an A−, better than 91% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Providence El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Bart-colerain El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Clermont El SchA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fred S Engle MsA · 61% proficient
- Martin Meylin MsA− · 56% proficient
- Smith MsB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Solanco HsA+ · 85% proficient
- Avon Grove HsA− · 65% proficient
- Lampeter-strasburg ShsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quarryville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quarryville 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 Quarryville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quarryville
Is Quarryville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quarryville ranks 10,112th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, few empty homes, and fast internet, and lowest on education levels and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quarryville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,287. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $82,782 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Quarryville safe?
Yes, Quarryville is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $202 per resident a year.
Compare Quarryville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quarryville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quarryville 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.
Quarryville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quarryville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quarryville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quarryville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quarryville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quarryville 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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