Branson West, Missouri.
Typical home $401,494 (+2.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$752 (+55%) since Feb 2022.
- 1 year
- Up $8,067 +2%
- $393,427$401,494 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Branson West$2,107
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Branson West, MO rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Branson West, Stone County, Missouri
Branson West is a city of 484 people in Stone County. Unemployment in Stone County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Stone County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Branson West is a very small city in Stone County, in the Missouri Ozarks, with a population that makes it feel more like a village than a town. Homes here are worth more than many people expect for a place this size. Winters are cold but not severe, with only a little snow, and summers are hot, with plenty of rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, or in shops, with professional and business services close behind. Few work from home. Among the larger workplaces in town are Walmart and Mercy EMS Branson West. Across Stone County, unemployment is a little lower than a year ago, and the number of jobs has edged up.
Things to do. Talking Rocks Cavern, a cave attraction, is in or beside town. A short drive away are Silver Dollar City, an amusement park, and Table Rock Lake, a reservoir. Table Rock State Park, also close by, adds protected shoreline to the same stretch of water.
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- 5%work from home
What people in Stone County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Stone County had 7,389 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 66°. About 7 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Galena weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Branson West
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters293
- Mercy EMS Branson WestAmbulance services27
- RpcsGrocery stores23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 343 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Branson West’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Stone County.
Branson West home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Branson West$401,494
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Branson West listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Branson West30.09%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Branson West54
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Branson West11
Zip codes with a Branson West address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Branson West — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.