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%

Altamont$1,650/mo

Typical home $284K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $725/mo · Housing →

Linneus$1,170/mo

Typical home $198K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $313/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,800 a year, between Altamont and Linneus.

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.

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

AltamontLinneus

Snow a year19″19″

January low—18°F

July high—87°F

Growing season (days)—192d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 60th

Outdoors & history

AltamontLinneus

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1896 —

National Register places—2

Archive photos1 3

Famous people born here—1

Community

AltamontLinneus

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

48 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AltamontMO LinneusMO

Altamont ↔ Linneus48 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 Missouri average

AltamontLinneus

People

Population 147Lowest 167Highest

Median age 49.1±8.3Lowest 26% above MO 49.8±9.8Highest 28% above MO

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

Kids under 18 19%±19.4Lowest MO: 22.3% 19.8%±11.9Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 22.4%±19.1Lowest MO: 17.9% 23.4%±11.8Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 3.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 3.1%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±8.4Lowest MO: 5.7% 1.8%±8.3Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $45,313±$18kLowest 36% below MO $53,750±$17kHighest 24% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $65,700±$31kHighest 71% below MO $55,800±$15kLowest 76% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $725±$172Highest 30% below MO $313±$163Lowest 70% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $450Highest 77% below MO $429Lowest 78% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MO: 45.6% 7.1%±100Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 15.9%Lowest MO: 12.6% 19.8%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 76.6%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 10 yrs newer than MO 1956Lowest 22 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 4% below MO 28 minHighest 20% above MO

Work from home 3.2%±4.6Lowest MO: 13% 7.4%±11.4Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 43.3 miHighest 20.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.29Lowest 0.37Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kansas City (10%)Chillicothe (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LinneusFew work in Altamont

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 109Highest 47.6Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Altamont vs Linneus

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Altamont

What daily life feels like in each

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