Best PlacesQuidnet, MA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quidnet, 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.
Quidnet ranks 20,060th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Quidnet
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.
Quidnet's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quidnet ranks high
- Short commute12.2 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Quidnet ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,514 a month, better than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Quidnet
A household needs to earn about $485,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quidnet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $103,990, 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 Quidnet's effective rate of 0.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Quidnet
Quidnet runs older than the country, 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 Quidnet.
Who works in Quidnet, and how
Work in Quidnet centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Quidnet
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Quidnet, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Quidnet, month by month
Quidnet sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs June through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 55° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 78° | 70° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 58° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Quidnet
The nearest airport, Nantucket Memorial, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quidnet
Schools across Quidnet average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Cyrus PeirceC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Nantucket HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quidnet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quidnet 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 Quidnet against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Quidnet
Is Quidnet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quidnet ranks 20,060th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quidnet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $2,000,001. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $103,990 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Quidnet safe?
Quidnet is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $447 per resident a year.
Compare Quidnet with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quidnet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quidnet 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.
Quidnet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quidnet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quidnet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quidnet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quidnet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quidnet 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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