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%

Arcadia$1,160/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $346/mo · Housing →

Adams Township$1,720/mo

Typical home $307K (Census) · tax rate 0.41% · or rent about $1,336/mo · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,700 a year, between Adams Township and Arcadia.

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

ArcadiaAdams Township

Snow a year9″21″

January low21°F 15°F

July high88°F 87°F

Growing season (days)174d 180d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 55th

Outdoors & history

ArcadiaAdams Township

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1849 —

National Register places1 1

Archive photos6 —

Community

ArcadiaAdams Township

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

252 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ArcadiaMO Adams TownshipDeKalb County

Arcadia ↔ Adams Township252 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

ArcadiaAdams Township

People

Population 586Highest 451Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.6%Highest MO: +2.8% -8.5%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 47.4±6.7Lowest 22% above MO 48.3±21.7Highest 24% above MO

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

Kids under 18 21.3%±5.8Lowest MO: 22.3% 22%±11.6Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 29.4%±5Lowest MO: 17.9% 39.5%±7.1Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.9%Highest MO: 32.4% 18.6%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±2.3Highest MO: 5.7% 0%±3.8Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,750±$27kLowest 31% below MO $66,058±$40kHighest 7% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $154,800±$39kLowest 33% below MO $307,000±$110kHighest 33% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $346±$179Lowest 67% below MO $1,336±$408Highest 29% above MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $858Lowest 56% below MO $1,273Highest 35% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.5%±26Highest MO: 45.6% 16.7%±100Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 25%Highest MO: 12.6% 20.8%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.5%Highest MO: 68.1% 73.6%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 9 yrs older than MO 1992Highest 14 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 6% above MO 31 minHighest 33% above MO

Work from home 16.4%±10.2Highest MO: 13% 0%±9Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.5%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.8 miLowest 40.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72Highest 0.07Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ironton (14%)Cameron (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Adams TownshipFew work in Arcadia

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

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 61.0Highest 2.3Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Arcadia vs Adams Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Adams Township

What daily life feels like in each

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