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$790/mo

Typical home $136K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $711/mo · Housing →

Castor Township$600/mo

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

The difference: $190 a month, about $2,300 a year, between Brookfield 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 places higher on 12 of 17 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

C+BrookfieldSafer than 42% of U.S. towns –Castor TownshipNot graded

Schools

–BrookfieldNot graded A−Castor TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

C−BrookfieldHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns DCastor TownshipHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

12Brookfield

5Castor Township

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #14#208 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #90#258 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #175#257 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #52#119 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #151#213 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#152 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #131#179 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #158#194

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

BrookfieldCastor 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

BrookfieldCastor Township

Trails0 mi 34 mi

Conserved land1%1.3%

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here10 —

Community

BrookfieldCastor 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

263 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrookfieldMO Castor TownshipStoddard County

Brookfield ↔ Castor Township263 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

BrookfieldCastor Township

People

Population 4,144Lowest 4,679Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.5%Highest MO: +2.8% -9.7%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 44.1±3.8Lowest 13% above MO 44.2±3.6Highest 13% above MO

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

Kids under 18 20.8%±4.7Highest MO: 22.3% 20.2%±4.2Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 24.1%±3.7Highest MO: 17.9% 22.6%±3.8Lowest MO: 17.9%

Brookfield 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+ 13.9%Lowest MO: 32.4% 14%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.6Highest MO: 5.7% 2.2%±1Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,000±$12kLowest 25% below MO $57,125±$13kHighest 19% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $102,100±$39kHighest 56% below MO $101,900±$23kLowest 56% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $711±$216Lowest 31% below MO $765±$71Highest 26% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $714Lowest 63% below MO $795Highest 59% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.8%±12.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 49.7%±10.2Highest MO: 45.6%

Castor Township and Brookfield 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% 14.2%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.9%Lowest MO: 68.1% 76.9%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 18 yrs older than MO 1975Highest 3 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 39% below MO 26 minHighest 12% above MO

Work from home 3.8%±3Lowest MO: 13% 4.8%±3.2Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 43.7%Highest 9.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.32Highest 0.49Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Marceline (8%)Dexter (23%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miLowest 34.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.2Highest 4.7Lowest

Schools

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

School district —BLOOMFIELD R-XIV

High school in town —Bloomfield High

Students per teacherat that high school — 10.8

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Brookfield vs Castor Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $190 more a month in Brookfield

Brookfield places higher on 12 of 17 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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