Quinlan is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,537 people and two associated neighborhoods, Quinlan is the 743rd largest community in Texas.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.12% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Quinlan, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Quinlan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Quinlan are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.04% of adults in Quinlan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Quinlan in 2022 was $25,946, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,784 for a family of four. However, Quinlan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Quinlan is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quinlan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quinlan residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Quinlan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.54% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Quinlan include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Quinlan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.