Best PlacesQuincy, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Quincy, 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.
Quincy ranks 1,515th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Quincy
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.
Quincy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Quincy ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Short commute14.1 minutes each way, better than 99% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 79% of cities
- Cheap childcare$832 a month, better than 79% of cities
Where Quincy ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 5% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Quincy
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Quincy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,987, 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 Quincy's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Quincy
Quincy's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Quincy.
Who works in Quincy, and how
Work in Quincy centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Quincy
Quincy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Quincy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Quincy, month by month
Quincy sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Quincy
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Quincy
Schools across Quincy average a D+, better than 12% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Colonel George Iles Elem SchC− · 29% proficient
- Lincoln-douglas Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Quincy Jr High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Western Jr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Central Junior High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Quincy Sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Central High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Quincy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Quincy 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 Quincy against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Quincy suits
Common questions about living in Quincy
Is Quincy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Quincy ranks 1,515th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on distance from a big city and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Quincy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,961. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $68,987 median income, cost of living beats 29% of cities.
Is Quincy safe?
Quincy is safer than 46% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Quincy?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 21. That works out to about 90 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of cities.
Is Quincy good for families?
Schools beat 12% of cities, crime safety beats 46%, and childcare runs $832 a month.
Compare Quincy with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Quincy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Quincy 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.
Quincy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Quincy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Quincy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Quincy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Quincy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Quincy 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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