Best PlacesQuemado, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quemado, 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.
Quemado ranks 49,223rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Quemado
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.
Quemado's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quemado ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$604 a month, better than 78% of towns
Where Quemado ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quemado
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quemado home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $45,346, 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 Quemado's effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Quemado
Quemado 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 Quemado.
Who works in Quemado, and how
Work in Quemado centers on arts & entertainment and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Quemado
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Quemado.
What the weather is like in Quemado, month by month
Quemado sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 52° | 40° |
| April | 87° | 72° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 87° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Quemado
The nearest airport, Del Rio International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quemado
Schools across Quemado average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jones Elementary/intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Maude Mae Kirchner ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brackett J HC · 35% proficient
- Eagle Pass J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Eagle Pass H SC+ · 37% proficient
- Brackett H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quemado school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quemado 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 Quemado against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quemado
Is Quemado a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quemado ranks 49,223rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quemado expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,000. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $45,346 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Quemado safe?
Quemado is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $718 per resident a year.
Compare Quemado with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quemado. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quemado 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.
Quemado detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quemado: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quemado: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quemado: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quemado: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quemado 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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