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 →

Pacific$1,500/mo

Typical home $249K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $906/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Pacific and Boonville.

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

Pacific 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 B−PacificSafer than 47% of U.S. towns

Schools

BBoonvilleBetter than 60% of districts in the state B−PacificBetter than 49% of districts in the state

Health

C−BoonvilleHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns C+PacificHealthier than 40% of U.S. towns

9Boonville

11Pacific

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#157 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #231#89 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #195#81 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #70#169 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #122#43 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #99#192 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #56#118 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #142#201

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

BoonvillePacific

Snow a year13″11″

January low21°F —

July high89°F —

Growing season (days)206d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 82nd

Outdoors & history

BoonvillePacific

Trails6 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.4%1.3%

Settled1817 —

National Register places30 1

Archive photos6 24

Famous people born here28 —

Community

BoonvillePacific

Library hours a week54 hrs 59 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

113 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BoonvilleMO PacificMO

Boonville ↔ Pacific113 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

BoonvillePacific

People

Population 7,689Highest 7,475Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.3%Lowest MO: +2.8% +5.9%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 39.1±1.4Lowest about the MO average 39.7±4.1Highest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 21.9%±2.4Highest MO: 22.3% 16%±3.3Lowest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 19.9%±2.8Highest MO: 17.9% 18.1%±3.7Lowest MO: 17.9%

Boonville and Pacific 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% 21.3%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7% 5.5%±1.9Highest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,429±$9kLowest 20% below MO $62,860±$8kHighest 11% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $187,900±$23kLowest 18% below MO $249,300±$23kHighest 8% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $767±$105Lowest 26% below MO $906±$92Highest 12% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,265Lowest 35% below MO $2,328Highest 20% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.7%±10.9Lowest MO: 45.6% 62.1%±21.9Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 14.3%Highest MO: 12.6% 5.5%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.1%Lowest MO: 68.1% 64.9%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO 1985Highest 7 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 7% above MO 29 minHighest 25% above MO

Work from home 3.2%±1.6Lowest MO: 13% 11.3%±4.1Highest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 28.6%Highest 11.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.05Lowest 1.31Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbia (29%)St. Louis (8%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.4%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.6 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 35.0Lowest 45.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #132 of 226 in MO #158 of 226 in MO

School district DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · BOONVILLE R-IDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · MERAMEC VALLEY R-III

High school in town Boonville HighPacific High

Students per teacherat that high school 15.1Lowest 16.4Highest

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 Pacific

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Pacific

Pacific places higher on 11 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

113 miles apart

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