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%

Aurora$1,040/mo

Typical home $178K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

Sherrill Township$690/mo

Typical home $121K (Census) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $721/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Aurora and Sherrill Township.

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

Aurora places higher on 11 of 19 MO lists

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

CAuroraBetter than 26% of districts in the state BSherrill TownshipBetter than 62% of districts in the state

Health

D−AuroraHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns D−Sherrill TownshipHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

11Aurora

7Sherrill Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #170#6 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #52#179 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #115#251 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #101#233 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #203#92 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #220#151 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #86#42 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #203#243

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Aurora’s rankings →

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

AuroraSherrill Township

Snow a year12″11″

January low22°F 21°F

July high90°F 88°F

Growing season (days)189d 181d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 54th

Outdoors & history

AuroraSherrill Township

Trails0 mi 19 mi

Conserved land4.6%1.1%

Settled1870 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos21 —

Famous people born here8 —

Community

AuroraSherrill Township

Library hours a week54 hrs 39 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

110 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AuroraMO Sherrill TownshipTexas County

Aurora ↔ Sherrill Township110 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

AuroraSherrill Township

People

Population 7,397Highest 5,408Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.8%Highest MO: +2.8% -5.4%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 43.2±3.3Highest 11% above MO 39.4±3Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 24.2%±5.4Highest MO: 22.3% 19.4%±4.1Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 18.7%±3.7Highest MO: 17.9% 16.4%±2.8Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12%Highest MO: 32.4% 7.5%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7% 1.3%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,848±$10kHighest 29% below MO $46,987±$8kLowest 34% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $124,400±$28kHighest 46% below MO $120,900±$42kLowest 48% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $823±$120Highest 20% below MO $721±$64Lowest 30% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $867Highest 55% below MO $711Lowest 64% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.9%±17.6Lowest MO: 45.6% 54.4%±15.6Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 18.1%Lowest MO: 12.6% 26.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 71.8%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 5 yrs older than MO 1977Highest 1 yr older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 13% below MO 28 minHighest 20% above MO

Work from home 8.9%±5.3Highest MO: 13% 7.2%±3.6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.5%Lowest 19.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miLowest 32.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.70Lowest 0.92Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Springfield (20%)Licking (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sherrill TownshipFew work in Aurora

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.6%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 18.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.6Highest 7.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #156 of 226 in MO #151 of 226 in MO

School district AURORA R-VIIIDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · LICKING R-VIII

High school in town Aurora HighLicking High

Students per teacherat that high school 13.5Highest 12.3Lowest

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.

Aurora vs Sherrill Township

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Where they differ most

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Aurora

Aurora places higher on 11 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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