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%

Amazonia$1,280/mo

Typical home $215K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.86% · Housing →

Hume$520/mo

Typical home $90K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $685/mo · Housing →

The difference: $760 a month, about $9,100 a year, between Amazonia and Hume.

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 Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

B+AmazoniaBetter than 67% of districts in the state –HumeNot graded

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

AmazoniaHume

Snow a year21″10″

January low17°F 20°F

July high87°F 90°F

Growing season (days)182d 192d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)80th 74th

Outdoors & history

AmazoniaHume

Settled1857 1880

Archive photos3 —

Famous people born here—2

Community

AmazoniaHume

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

125 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AmazoniaMO HumeMO

Amazonia ↔ Hume125 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

AmazoniaHume

People

Population 286Highest 209Lowest

Median age 30.5±6.7Lowest 22% below MO 31.8±23.1Highest 18% below MO

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

Kids under 18 32.5%±5.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 36.8%±10Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 8.4%±9.8Lowest MO: 17.9% 12%±11.6Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 3.7%Lowest MO: 32.4% 6.8%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±5.4Highest MO: 5.7% 0%±8.1Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $79,500±$27kHighest 12% above MO $58,750±$32kLowest 17% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $82,700±$13kLowest 64% below MO $90,000±$66kHighest 61% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $685±$189 34% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $714Highest 63% below MO $617Lowest 68% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60%±100Lowest MO: 45.6% 71.4%±100Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 4.9%Lowest MO: 12.6% 34.4%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.6%Lowest MO: 68.1% 87%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO 1979Highest 1 yr newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minLowest 21% above MO 36 minHighest 54% above MO

Work from home 4.2%±5.9Lowest MO: 13% 7.2%±8.3Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.9%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 37.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.20Lowest 0.82Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Joseph (48%)Butler (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HumeFew work in Amazonia

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 98.6Lowest 113Highest

Schools

School district SAVANNAH R-III—

High school in town None in town—

Missouri 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.

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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.

Amazonia vs Hume

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $760 more a month in Amazonia

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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