Bull Creek, Missouri

Population

Down 4.0% since 2020.

405

people, the 511th-largest of Missouri's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Missouri's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

100.0%

of 19 jobs located in Bull Creek are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 58% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$762

a month. Missouri's median is $1,033.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $429.

A $429 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Taney County.

• $682 Tract 4804.03
• $1,111 Tract 4804.04

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$656–$984

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $762 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

27% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 0 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 27% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.9% to the 219 homes here.

0–2

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 84% less than Missouri's.

$36,900

median home value in Bull Creek.

• $36,900 Bull Creek
• $230,300 Missouri
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year