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 →

Eldon$1,100/mo

Typical home $195K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $822/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Eldon and Brookfield.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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 BEldonSafer than 64% of U.S. towns

Schools

–BrookfieldNot graded AEldonBetter than 87% of districts in the state

Health

C−BrookfieldHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns C−EldonHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns

9Brookfield

9Eldon

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #170#6 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #160#27 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #14#102 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #24#103 SafestSafety · 156 towns #72#29 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #176#239 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#152 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #175#233

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

BrookfieldEldon

Snow a year19″4″

January low18°F 25°F

July high87°F 89°F

Growing season (days)192d 216d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th 24th

Outdoors & history

BrookfieldEldon

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land1%—

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here10 —

Community

BrookfieldEldon

Library hours a week44 hrs 46 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

103 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrookfieldMO EldonMO

Brookfield ↔ Eldon103 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

BrookfieldEldon

People

Population 4,144Lowest 4,556Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.5%Lowest MO: +2.8% -3.3%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 44.1±3.8Lowest 13% above MO 44.3±6.8Highest 14% above MO

Eldon 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% 18.7%±4.3Lowest MO: 22.3%

Brookfield and Eldon 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% 23.2%±4.9Lowest MO: 17.9%

Brookfield and Eldon 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% 17.5%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.6Highest MO: 5.7% 0.4%±0.6Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,000±$12kHighest 25% below MO $41,684±$8kLowest 41% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $102,100±$39kLowest 56% below MO $157,400±$45kHighest 32% below MO

Eldon and Brookfield 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 $822±$57Highest 20% below MO

Eldon 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 $769Highest 61% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.8%±12.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 38.7%±14.4Highest MO: 45.6%

Eldon 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% 12.8%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.9%Highest MO: 68.1% 68.5%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 18 yrs older than MO 1974Highest 4 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 39% below MO 21 minHighest 13% below MO

Work from home 3.8%±3Lowest MO: 13% 6.4%±3Highest MO: 13%

Eldon 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 19.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.32Highest 1.26Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Marceline (8%)Jefferson City (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EldonFew work in Brookfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 1.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.2Lowest 90.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#77 of 226 in MO

School district —ELDON R-I

High school in town —Eldon High

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.7

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 Eldon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Eldon

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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