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%

Brookfield Township$690/mo

Typical home $119K (Census) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $705/mo · Housing →

Castor Township$600/mo

Typical home $102K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $765/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Brookfield Township and Castor 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

Brookfield Township places higher on 14 of 18 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

B+Brookfield TownshipBetter than 69% of districts in the state A−Castor TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

C−Brookfield TownshipHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns DCastor TownshipHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

14Brookfield Township

4Castor Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #18#208 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #177#257 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #151#213 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #117#172 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#152 Most educatedPeople · 261 towns #163#219 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #85#38 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #68#119

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

Brookfield TownshipCastor Township

Snow a year19″3″

January low18°F 28°F

July high87°F 91°F

Growing season (days)192d 225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th 81st

Outdoors & history

Brookfield TownshipCastor Township

Trails1 mi 34 mi

Conserved land2.1%1.3%

Archive photos10 —

Famous people born here10 —

Community

Brookfield TownshipCastor Township

Library hours a week44 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

262 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Brookfield TownshipLinn County Castor TownshipStoddard County

Brookfield Township ↔ Castor Township262 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

Brookfield TownshipCastor Township

People

Population 4,706Highest 4,679Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.1%Highest MO: +2.8% -9.7%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 47.4±3.9Highest 22% above MO 44.2±3.6Lowest 13% above MO

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

Kids under 18 18.8%±4.3Lowest MO: 22.3% 20.2%±4.2Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 25.5%±3.7Highest MO: 17.9% 22.6%±3.8Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 14%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1.5 MO: 5.7% 2.2%±1 MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,835±$7kHighest 18% below MO $57,125±$13kLowest 19% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $118,800±$19kHighest 48% below MO $101,900±$23kLowest 56% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $705±$218Lowest 32% below MO $765±$71Highest 26% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $839Highest 57% below MO $795Lowest 59% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.8%±11.6Lowest MO: 45.6% 49.7%±10.2Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 14.2% MO: 12.6% 14.2% MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.6%Lowest MO: 68.1% 76.9%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1962Lowest 16 yrs older than MO 1975Highest 3 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 35% below MO 26 minHighest 12% above MO

Work from home 4%±3.1Lowest MO: 13% 4.8%±3.2Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 45.5%Highest 9.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.20Highest 0.49Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Brookfield (44%)Dexter (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Castor TownshipFew work in Brookfield Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 34.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 9.2Highest 4.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #85 of 226 in MO #38 of 226 in MO

School district BROOKFIELD R-IIIBLOOMFIELD R-XIV

High school in town Brookfield HighBloomfield High

Students per teacherat that high school 12.7Highest 10.8Lowest

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.

Brookfield Township vs Castor Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Brookfield Township places higher on 14 of 18 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

262 miles apart

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