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%

Boonville$1,160/mo

Typical home $200K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $767/mo · Housing →

Dexter$1,010/mo

Typical home $169K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $765/mo · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Boonville and Dexter.

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

Boonville places higher on 11 of 21 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.

Safety

CBoonvilleSafer than 25% of U.S. towns CDexterSafer than 25% of U.S. towns

Schools

BBoonvilleBetter than 60% of districts in the state –DexterNot graded

Health

C−BoonvilleHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns DDexterHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

11Boonville

9Dexter

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #51#203 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #61#139 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #217#83 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #167#255 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #191#116 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #142#73 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #145#211 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #138#200

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Boonville’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

BoonvilleDexter

Snow a year13″3″

January low21°F 28°F

July high89°F 91°F

Growing season (days)206d 225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 83rd

Outdoors & history

BoonvilleDexter

Trails6 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.4%2%

Settled1817 1873

National Register places30 1

Archive photos6 3

Famous people born here28 8

Community

BoonvilleDexter

Library hours a week54 hrs 40 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

213 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BoonvilleMO DexterMO

Boonville ↔ Dexter213 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

BoonvilleDexter

People

Population 7,689Lowest 7,891Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.3%Lowest MO: +2.8% +0.8%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 39.1±1.4Highest about the MO average 38.5±4.3Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 21.9%±2.4Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.8%±4.2Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.9%±2.8Lowest MO: 17.9% 20.9%±3.9Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 17.7%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7% 2.9%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,429±$9kHighest 20% below MO $51,701±$5kLowest 27% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $187,900±$23kHighest 18% below MO $137,200±$12kLowest 40% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $767±$105Highest 26% below MO $765±$68Lowest 26% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,265Highest 35% below MO $1,249Lowest 36% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.7%±10.9Highest MO: 45.6% 25.1%±9Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 14.3%Lowest MO: 12.6% 17%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.1%Highest MO: 68.1% 60%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO 1971Highest 7 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 7% above MO 21 minLowest 9% below MO

Work from home 3.2%±1.6Lowest MO: 13% 3.8%±2.9Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 28.6%Lowest 33.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.05Lowest 1.46Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbia (29%)Sikeston (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DexterFew work in Boonville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.4%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.6 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 35.0Lowest 78.7Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #132 of 226 in MO—

School district DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · BOONVILLE R-I—

High school in town Boonville High—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.1 —

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.

Boonville vs Dexter

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Boonville places higher on 11 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

213 miles apart

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