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%

Center Township$880/mo

Typical home $149K (Census) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $723/mo · Housing →

Kennett$680/mo

Typical home $115K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $651/mo · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Center Township and Kennett.

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

Kennett places higher on 11 of 20 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

–Center TownshipNot graded DKennettSafer than 8% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−Center TownshipBetter than 52% of districts in the state –KennettNot graded

Health

DCenter TownshipHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns D−KennettHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

9Center Township

11Kennett

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #238#45 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #94#248 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #136#72 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #96#6 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #129#224 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #152#246 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #131#217 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #35#11

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

Center TownshipKennett

Snow a year6″3″

January low22°F 30°F

July high89°F 90°F

Growing season (days)202d 240d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 84th

Outdoors & history

Center TownshipKennett

Trails6 mi 4 mi

Conserved land1.4%1.4%

National Register places—2

Community

Center TownshipKennett

Library hours a week48 hrs 48 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

261 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Center TownshipVernon County KennettMO

Center Township ↔ Kennett261 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

Center TownshipKennett

People

Population 9,372Lowest 10,196Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.8%Highest MO: +2.8% -3.8%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.4±1.7 6% above MO 41.4±2.2 6% above MO

Kids under 18 18.9%±2.9Lowest MO: 22.3% 26.2%±3.5Highest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 19.8%±3.1Lowest MO: 17.9% 20.9%±2.7Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 15.6%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7% 1.7%±0.7Lowest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,962±$4kLowest 29% below MO $52,500±$14kHighest 26% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $149,100±$18kHighest 35% below MO $112,000±$16kLowest 51% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $723±$73Highest 30% below MO $651±$123Lowest 37% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,149Highest 41% below MO $863Lowest 56% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.1%±10.8Highest MO: 45.6% 29.5%±9.2Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 19.1% MO: 12.6% 19.1% MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.4%Highest MO: 68.1% 57.9%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 10 yrs older than MO 1969Highest 9 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 33% below MO 20 minHighest 15% below MO

Work from home 8.7%±2.7Highest MO: 13% 3.5%±1.9Lowest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 38.7%Highest 38.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.25Highest 1.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Nevada (42%)Senath (3%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KennettFew work in Center Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4% 1.4%

Trailsmapped miles 5.7 miHighest 4.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5 5

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 18.1Lowest 98.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #126 of 226 in MO—

School district NEVADA R-V—

High school in town Nevada High—

Students per teacherat that high school 17.3 —

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.

Center Township vs Kennett

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Center Township

Kennett places higher on 11 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

261 miles apart

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