Best PlacesLinn Creek, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Linn 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.
Linn Creek ranks 28,434th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Linn 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.
Linn Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Linn Creek ranks high
- Cheap childcare$442 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute20.2 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Linn Creek ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Linn Creek
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Linn Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $79,698; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Linn Creek's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Linn Creek
Linn Creek runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Linn Creek.
Who works in Linn Creek, and how
Work in Linn Creek centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Linn Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Linn Creek.
What the weather is like in Linn Creek, month by month
Linn Creek sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Linn Creek
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Linn Creek
Schools across Linn Creek average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Osage Beach ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Osage Upper Elem.B− · 41% proficient
- Hawthorn ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oak Ridge IntermediateB+ · 49% proficient
- Camdenton MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Osage MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Osage HighB− · 45% proficient
- Camdenton HighB− · 42% proficient
- Stoutland HighD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Linn Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Linn 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 Linn Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Linn Creek
Is Linn Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Linn Creek ranks 28,434th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and tree cover, and lowest on distance from a big city and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Linn Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,669. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $79,698 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Linn Creek safe?
Linn Creek is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $509 per resident a year.
Compare Linn Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Linn Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Linn 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.
Linn Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Linn Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Linn Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Linn Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Linn Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Linn 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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