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%

Asbury$1,510/mo

Typical home $259K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $1,141/mo · Housing →

Pineville$1,540/mo

Typical home $277K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.37% · or rent about $640/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

–AsburyNot graded B−PinevilleBetter than 50% of districts in the state

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

AsburyPineville

Snow a year8″9″

January low—25°F

July high—88°F

Growing season (days)—191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 92nd

Outdoors & history

AsburyPineville

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1896 1847

National Register places—2

Community

AsburyPineville

Library hours a week—54 hrs

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

50 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AsburyMO PinevilleMO

Asbury ↔ Pineville50 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

AsburyPineville

People

Population 459Lowest 736Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — +1.4% MO: +2.8%

Median age 47.3±15.9Highest 21% above MO 46.6±12.3Lowest 19% above MO

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

Kids under 18 24.6%±14.4Highest MO: 22.3% 19.8%±4.4Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 10.5%±11Lowest MO: 17.9% 31.8%±10.6Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 17.2%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±3.7Lowest MO: 5.7% 4.5%±3.5Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $30,978±$11k 56% below MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $117,500±$27kLowest 49% below MO $213,100±$47kHighest 7% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,141±$127Highest 10% above MO $640±$144Lowest 38% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $841Highest 57% below MO $788Lowest 60% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 23.1%±100Lowest MO: 45.6% 45.8%±27.1Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 4.8%Lowest MO: 12.6% 20.6%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 45.9%Highest MO: 68.1% 38.4%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1998Highest 20 yrs newer than MO 1978Lowest same as MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 44 minHighest 88% above MO 29 minLowest 22% above MO

Work from home 9.1%±10.5Lowest MO: 13% 9.6%±11.7Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 4.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 19.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.05Lowest 1.01Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Joplin (34%)Bentonville (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PinevilleFew work in Asbury

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.9Highest 26.8Lowest

Schools

School district —MCDONALD CO. R-I

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.

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