Best PlacesBrumley, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brumley, 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.
Brumley ranks 41,431st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brumley
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.
Brumley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brumley ranks high
- Cheap childcare$412 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 75% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 61% of towns
Where Brumley ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$52,871 median, better than only 16% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brumley
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brumley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,871, 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 Brumley's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brumley
Brumley runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brumley.
Who works in Brumley, and how
Work in Brumley centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Brumley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brumley.
What the weather is like in Brumley, month by month
Brumley sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Brumley
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brumley
Schools across Brumley average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Osage Upper Elem.B− · 41% proficient
- Richland Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
- Iberia Elem.C · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Osage MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Osage HighB− · 45% proficient
- Richland HighC · 33% proficient
- Iberia HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brumley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brumley 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 Brumley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brumley
Is Brumley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brumley ranks 41,431st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brumley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $175,494. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $52,871 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Brumley safe?
Brumley is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Brumley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brumley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brumley 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.
Brumley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brumley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brumley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brumley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brumley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brumley 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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