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%

Carthage$1,400/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $975/mo · Housing →

St. Ann$1,040/mo

Typical home $159K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.58% · or rent about $976/mo · Housing →

The difference: $360 a month, about $4,300 a year, between Carthage and St. Ann.

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

St. Ann places higher on 12 of 21 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

B−CarthageSafer than 49% of U.S. towns C+St. AnnSafer than 35% of U.S. towns

Schools

BCarthageBetter than 62% of districts in the state C−St. AnnBetter than 17% of districts in the state

Health

D−CarthageHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns C−St. AnnHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns

8Carthage

12St. Ann

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #228#68 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #69#185 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #261#131 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #127#60 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #143#34 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #71#179 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #239#138 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #62#151

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

CarthageSt. Ann

Snow a year8″17″

January low25°F 24°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)206d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 58th

Outdoors & history

CarthageSt. Ann

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land3.1%7.4%

Settled1842 1948

National Register places7 1

Archive photos—7

Famous people born here32 1

Community

CarthageSt. Ann

Library hours a week51 hrs 64 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

241 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CarthageMO St. AnnMO

Carthage ↔ St. Ann241 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

CarthageSt. Ann

People

Population 15,574Highest 12,811Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8%Highest MO: +2.8% 0%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 32.2±4.1Lowest 17% below MO 34.8±1.6Highest 11% below MO

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

Kids under 18 32.3%±4.1Highest MO: 22.3% 23.6%±3.7Lowest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 13.2%±1.9Lowest MO: 17.9% 16.4%±3.1Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.1%Highest MO: 32.4% 20.4%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±1.1Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.6%±2.5Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,328±$5kLowest 27% below MO $52,323±$4kHighest 26% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $146,800±$9kHighest 36% below MO $126,600±$13kLowest 45% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $975±$69Lowest 6% below MO $976±$103Highest 6% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,095Lowest 44% below MO $1,997Highest about the MO average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.2%±16Highest MO: 45.6% 41%±9.5Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 27.2%Highest MO: 12.6% 13%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53%Lowest MO: 68.1% 56.4%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO 1957Lowest 21 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 34% below MO 21 minHighest 10% below MO

Work from home 6.5%±2.9Lowest MO: 13% 12.4%±3.3Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 31.6%Highest 2.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.52Highest 0.50Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Joplin (21%)St. Louis (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in St. AnnFew work in Carthage

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Lowest 7.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.1 miHighest 2.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 60.9Lowest 111Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #148 of 226 in MO #205 of 226 in MO

School district CARTHAGE R-IXPATTONVILLE R-III · RITENOUR

High school in town Carthage High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 18.4 —

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

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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.

Carthage vs St. Ann

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $360 more a month in Carthage

St. Ann places higher on 12 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

241 miles apart

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