Living in Quail Creek, TX
Quail Creek is a small town of 1,715 people in Victoria County, Texas. It's about 7 miles from Victoria, TX and 99 miles from San Antonio, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 65°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $204k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,715people
$204kTypical home
$1,309/moRent
93° / 65°Summer / winter
0"Snow
254Sunny days
98Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,715
- Part of a metro area
- About 557 people per sq mi
- 99 mi to San Antonio, TX
- 7 mi to Victoria, TX
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $204k (≈$1,289/mo)
- Median rent $1,309/mo
- Median household income $90k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 65°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 254 sunny days a year (126 totally clear)
- 111 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 98 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (303 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,507 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 36% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 11 mi to VCT airport
- 99 mi to SAT (major hub)
- 92 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 118 ft
- 26 mi to the ocean
- 180 mi to a big lake
- 37 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 37 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 62 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 10 bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 75 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Texas districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 60 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Victoria County: R+43 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk