Best PlacesIndian Creek, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Indian 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.
Indian Creek ranks 43,180th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Indian 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.
Indian Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Indian Creek ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$390 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 75% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Indian Creek ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Indian Creek
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Indian Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,053, 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 Indian Creek's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Indian Creek
Indian 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 Indian Creek.
Who works in Indian Creek, and how
Work in Indian Creek centers on health care & social 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 67%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Indian Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Indian Creek.
What the weather is like in Indian Creek, month by month
Indian Creek sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Indian Creek
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Indian Creek
Schools across Indian Creek average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe City Elem.B · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe City MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe City R-i HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Indian Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Indian 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 Indian Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Indian Creek
Is Indian Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Indian Creek ranks 43,180th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, affordable childcare, and low disaster risk, and lowest on crime and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Indian Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,600. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $76,053 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Indian Creek safe?
Indian Creek is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,288 per resident a year.
Compare Indian Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Indian Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Indian 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.
Indian Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Indian Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Indian Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Indian Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Indian Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Indian 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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