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%

Cairo$1,540/mo

Typical home $266K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $538/mo · Housing →

Napoleon$1,890/mo

Typical home $314K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · Housing →

The difference: $350 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Napoleon and Cairo.

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.

Schools

ACairoBetter than 93% of districts in the state –NapoleonNot graded

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

CairoNapoleon

Snow a year15″14″

January low19°F 20°F

July high87°F 88°F

Growing season (days)195d 197d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th 41st

Outdoors & history

CairoNapoleon

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled—1836

Archive photos—10

Community

CairoNapoleon

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

92 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CairoMO NapoleonMO

Cairo ↔ Napoleon92 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

CairoNapoleon

People

Population 245Highest 201Lowest

Median age 48.1±6.2Lowest 23% above MO 49.4±8.9Highest 27% above MO

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

Kids under 18 18.8%±7.5Highest MO: 22.3% 13.9%±12.2Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.2%±10.3Lowest MO: 17.9% 27.9%±13.7Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 18.4%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±2.5 MO: 5.7% 2%±6.7 MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,438±$20kLowest 10% below MO $69,219±$46kHighest about the MO average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $134,400±$54kLowest 42% below MO $183,300±$60kHighest 20% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $538±$279 48% below MO —

Property taxmedian, yearly $900Lowest 54% below MO $1,705Highest 12% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.4%±100Highest MO: 45.6% 0%±100Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 14.7%Highest MO: 12.6% 1%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90.4%Highest MO: 68.1% 90.1%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 8 yrs older than MO 1978Highest same as MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 42% below MO 25 minHighest 6% above MO

Work from home 3.7%±5.4Lowest MO: 13% 13.3%±10.2Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.5%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.54Highest 0.51Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Moberly (40%)Kansas City (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in NapoleonFew work in Cairo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 84.0Highest 11.5Lowest

Schools

School district NORTHEAST RANDOLPH CO. R-IV—

High school in town Northeast High—

Students per teacherat that high school 9.4 —

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.

Cairo neighborsTown Square →

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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.

Cairo vs Napoleon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $350 more a month in Napoleon

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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