Best PlacesBull Creek, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bull Creek, 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.
Bull Creek ranks 37,630th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bull Creek
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.
Bull Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bull Creek ranks high
- Cheap childcare$414 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 77% of towns
- BikingBetter than 75% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 75% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Bull Creek ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$50,353 median, better than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bull Creek
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bull Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,353, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Bull Creek's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Bull Creek
Bull Creek 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 Bull Creek.
Who works in Bull Creek, and how
Work in Bull Creek centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bull Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bull Creek.
What the weather is like in Bull Creek, month by month
Bull Creek sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Bull Creek
The nearest airport, Branson, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bull Creek
Schools across Bull Creek average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buchanan ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buchanan IntermediateB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Branson HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bull Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bull Creek 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 Bull Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bull Creek
Is Bull Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bull Creek ranks 37,630th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on a weak job market and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bull Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,801. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $50,353 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Bull Creek safe?
Bull Creek is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $408 per resident a year.
Compare Bull Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bull Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bull Creek 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.
Bull Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bull Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bull Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bull Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bull Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bull Creek 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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