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%

Castor Township$600/mo

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

Brookfield$790/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

5Castor Township

12Brookfield

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

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

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

Castor TownshipBrookfield

Snow a year3″19″

January low28°F 18°F

July high91°F 87°F

Growing season (days)225d 192d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 66th

Outdoors & history

Castor TownshipBrookfield

Trails34 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.3%1%

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—10

Community

Castor TownshipBrookfield

Library hours a week39 hrs 44 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.

Castor TownshipStoddard County BrookfieldMO

Castor Township ↔ Brookfield263 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

Castor TownshipBrookfield

People

Population 4,679Highest 4,144Lowest

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

Median age 44.2±3.6Highest 13% above MO 44.1±3.8Lowest 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 20.2%±4.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 20.8%±4.7Highest 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+ 22.6%±3.8Lowest MO: 17.9% 24.1%±3.7Highest 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+ 14%Highest MO: 32.4% 13.9%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1Lowest MO: 5.7% 2.5%±1.6Highest 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 $57,125±$13kHighest 19% below MO $53,000±$12kLowest 25% 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 $101,900±$23kLowest 56% below MO $102,100±$39kHighest 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 $765±$71Highest 26% below MO $711±$216Lowest 31% 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 $795Highest 59% below MO $714Lowest 63% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.7%±10.2Highest MO: 45.6% 33.8%±12.2Lowest 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 14.2%Lowest MO: 12.6% 14.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 4.8%±3.2Highest MO: 13% 3.8%±3Lowest 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 9.6%Lowest 43.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrookfieldFew work in Castor Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 34.2 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 6Highest

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

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?

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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.

Castor Township vs Brookfield

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

263 miles apart

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