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 →

Macon$1,090/mo

Typical home $187K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $680/mo · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Macon and Brookfield 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

Macon places higher on 13 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.

Safety

–Brookfield TownshipNot graded B−MaconSafer than 50% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+Brookfield TownshipBetter than 69% of districts in the state B+MaconBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

C−Brookfield TownshipHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns CMaconHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns

5Brookfield Township

13Macon

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #248#148 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #233#155 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #177#253 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #151#89 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #131#86 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #46#90 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #18#59 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#51

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 TownshipMacon

Snow a year19″15″

January low18°F 19°F

July high87°F 87°F

Growing season (days)192d 195d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th 46th

Outdoors & history

Brookfield TownshipMacon

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.1%2%

Settled—1856

National Register places—3

Archive photos10 10

Famous people born here10 —

Community

Brookfield TownshipMacon

Library hours a week44 hrs 44 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

32 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Brookfield TownshipLinn County MaconMO

Brookfield Township ↔ Macon32 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 TownshipMacon

People

Population 4,706Lowest 5,466Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.1%Lowest MO: +2.8% -0.3%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 47.4±3.9Highest 22% above MO 46.1±4.3Lowest 18% above MO

Brookfield Township and Macon 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% 21.1%±3.6Highest MO: 22.3%

Macon 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% 23.5%±3.5Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.7%Lowest MO: 32.4% 22.4%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1.5Lowest MO: 5.7% 2.5%±1.4Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,835±$7kLowest 18% below MO $61,642±$7kHighest 13% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $118,800±$19kLowest 48% below MO $151,800±$15kHighest 34% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $705±$218Highest 32% below MO $680±$59Lowest 34% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $839Lowest 57% below MO $1,024Highest 47% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.8%±11.6Lowest MO: 45.6% 50.7%±12.3Highest MO: 45.6%

Macon 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%Highest MO: 12.6% 10.5%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.6%Highest MO: 68.1% 65.9%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1962Lowest 16 yrs older than MO 1970Highest 8 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 35% below MO 18 minHighest 23% below MO

Work from home 4%±3.1Lowest MO: 13% 4.7%±2.7Highest MO: 13%

Macon 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 42.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.20Lowest 1.72Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Brookfield (44%)Moberly (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MaconFew work in Brookfield Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8 8

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 9.2Lowest 59.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #85 of 226 in MO #73 of 226 in MO

School district BROOKFIELD R-IIIMACON CO. R-I

High school in town Brookfield HighMacon Senior High

Students per teacherat that high school 12.7Lowest 13.4Highest

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 Macon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Macon

Macon places higher on 13 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

32 miles apart

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