A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bude$530/mo

Typical home $91K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.74% · Housing →

Blue Mountain$940/mo

Typical home $157K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.92% · or rent about $718/mo · Housing →

The difference: $410 a month, about $4,900 a year, between Blue Mountain and Bude.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Mississippi ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

–BudeNot graded A−Blue MountainBetter than 81% of districts in the state

Health

–BudeNot graded CBlue MountainHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BudeBlue Mountain

Snow a year0″2″

January low36°F 29°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)242d 210d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 46th

Outdoors & history

BudeBlue Mountain

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—0%

National Register places—1

Archive photos—4

Famous people born here—1

Community

BudeBlue Mountain

Library hours a week—9 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

246 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BudeMS Blue MountainMS

Bude ↔ Blue Mountain246 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Mississippi average

BudeBlue Mountain

People

Population 947Lowest 1,232Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -26.6%Lowest +3%Highest

Median age 26.1±3.1Lowest 32% below MS 26.5±8.5Highest 31% below MS

Blue Mountain and Bude are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 33.3%±6.9Highest MS: 23.3% 11.4%±3.9Lowest MS: 23.3%

Age 65+ 16.3%±3.8Highest MS: 17.2% 7.5%±3.1Lowest MS: 17.2%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.6%Highest MS: 25.1% 10.6%Lowest MS: 25.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±2.4Lowest MS: 6.1% 34%±8.8Highest MS: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $25,484±$8kLowest 55% below MS $49,667±$17kHighest 12% below MS

Blue Mountain and Bude are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $81,900±$14kHighest 52% below MS $79,700±$48kLowest 53% below MS

Bude and Blue Mountain are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $718±$97 25% below MS

Property taxmedian, yearly $605Lowest 50% below MS $732Highest 40% below MS

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.1%±6Lowest MS: 51.3% 48.2%±28Highest MS: 51.3%

Blue Mountain and Bude are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 44.8%Highest MS: 18.9% 12.9%Lowest MS: 18.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.6%Lowest MS: 70% 59.9%Highest MS: 70%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 11 yrs older than MS 1977Highest 9 yrs older than MS

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 21% below MS 18 minLowest 28% below MS

Work from home 12.2%±12Highest MS: 5.9% 2.5%±3.1Lowest MS: 5.9%

Bude and Blue Mountain are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 11.1%Highest 3.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 22.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.35Highest 0.80Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Meadville (16%)Ripley (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Blue MountainFew work in Bude

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 65.9Highest 30.9Lowest

Mississippi average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Bude neighborsTown Square →

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bude vs Blue Mountain

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Blue Mountain

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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