Best PlacesBrunot, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brunot, 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.
Brunot ranks 39,728th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brunot
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.
Brunot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brunot ranks high
- Cheap childcare$393 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 78% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
Where Brunot ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brunot
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brunot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,732, 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 Brunot'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 Brunot
Brunot 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 Brunot.
Who works in Brunot, and how
Work in Brunot centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brunot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brunot.
What the weather is like in Brunot, month by month
Brunot sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Brunot
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brunot
Schools across Brunot average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clearwater ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- South Iron Elem.C · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clearwater MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Clearwater HighC+ · 40% proficient
- South Iron HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brunot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brunot 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 Brunot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brunot
Is Brunot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brunot ranks 39,728th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the weather and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brunot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,500. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $76,732 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Brunot safe?
Brunot is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $472 per resident a year.
Compare Brunot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brunot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brunot 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.
Brunot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brunot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brunot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brunot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brunot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brunot 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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