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%

Browning$1,040/mo

Typical home $186K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.43% · or rent about $388/mo · Housing →

Mindenmines$320/mo

Typical home $47K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $371/mo · Housing →

The difference: $720 a month, about $8,700 a year, between Browning and Mindenmines.

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.

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

BrowningMindenmines

Snow a year19″10″

January low18°F 24°F

July high87°F 90°F

Growing season (days)192d 203d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 76th

Outdoors & history

BrowningMindenmines

Trails1 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0%9%

Settled1872 1883

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

BrowningMindenmines

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

192 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrowningMO MindenminesMO

Browning ↔ Mindenmines192 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

BrowningMindenmines

People

Population 224Lowest 312Highest

Median age 50±10.6Lowest 28% above MO 51.6±8.1Highest 32% above MO

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

Kids under 18 25%±9.8Highest MO: 22.3% 16.7%±10.1Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 17.9%±9.6Lowest MO: 17.9% 31.1%±18.8Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.5%Lowest MO: 32.4% 8.8%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±5.5Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.1%±4.2Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $18,594±$11kLowest 74% below MO $22,292±$13kHighest 68% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $65,000±$21kHighest 72% below MO $46,900±$14kLowest 80% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $388±$242Highest 62% below MO $371±$278Lowest 64% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $282 86% below MO —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 18.2%±100Highest MO: 45.6% 5%±100Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 43.2%Highest MO: 12.6% 39.1%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 84.1%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1951Lowest 27 yrs older than MO 1954Highest 24 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 10% above MO 21 minLowest 11% below MO

Work from home 4.8%±7.5Lowest MO: 13% 11%±10.2Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.04Lowest 0.37Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Milan (16%)Pittsburg (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MindenminesFew work in Browning

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 4.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.4 miHighest 1.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 88.3Highest 10.9Lowest

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.

Browning vs Mindenmines

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $720 more a month in Browning

What daily life feels like in each

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