Best PlacesQuealy, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quealy, 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.
Quealy ranks 27,178th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Quealy
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.
Quealy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quealy ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 172 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute21.0 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Quealy ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quealy
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quealy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $54,516; 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 Quealy's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Quealy
Quealy's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Quealy.
Who works in Quealy, and how
Work in Quealy centers on mining & oil & gas and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Quealy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quealy.
What the weather is like in Quealy, month by month
Quealy sees roughly 172 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 21° | 11° |
| April | 56° | 41° | 27° |
| July | 88° | 71° | 54° |
| October | 60° | 44° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Quealy
The nearest airport, Southwest Wyoming Regional, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quealy
Schools across Quealy average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harrison ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Sage ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Walnut ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastside ElementaryB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Green River High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Rock Springs High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Black Butte High SchoolC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quealy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quealy 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 Quealy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quealy
Is Quealy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quealy ranks 27,178th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and low taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quealy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,000. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,516 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Quealy safe?
Quealy is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Quealy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quealy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quealy 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.
Quealy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quealy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quealy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quealy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quealy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quealy 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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