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%

Clarkton$280/mo

Typical home $47K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $611/mo · Housing →

Freeborn Township$320/mo

Typical home $54K (Census) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $628/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

Where they are

Clarkton and Freeborn Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ClarktonFreeborn Township

Clarkton ↔ Freeborn Township1.2 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

55 Freeborn Township residents work in Clarkton (10.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Freeborn Township →

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

–ClarktonNot graded DFreeborn TownshipBetter than 8% of districts in the state

Health

–ClarktonNot graded D−Freeborn TownshipHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

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

ClarktonFreeborn Township

Snow a year3″3″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 83rd

Outdoors & history

ClarktonFreeborn Township

Trails—4 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled—1845

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

ClarktonFreeborn Township

Library hours a week20 hrs 20 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.

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

ClarktonFreeborn Township

People

Population 958Lowest 1,447Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -21.7%Lowest MO: +2.8% -17.9%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 27.1±8.6Lowest 31% below MO 34.6±8.8Highest 11% below MO

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

Kids under 18 33.8%±6.8Highest MO: 22.3% 29.1%±5.9Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 11.7%±4.6Lowest MO: 17.9% 13.4%±3.5Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 4.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 3.4%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±3.3Highest MO: 5.7% 2.2%±2.3Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,333±$10kHighest 34% below MO $45,882±$7kLowest 35% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $47,000±$19kLowest 80% below MO $54,000±$5kHighest 77% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $611±$55Lowest 41% below MO $628±$58Highest 39% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $391Lowest 80% below MO $470Highest 76% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.7%±17.1Lowest MO: 45.6% 37.1%±15.8Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 31.7%Highest MO: 12.6% 27%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.3%Lowest MO: 68.1% 68.8%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 4 yrs older than MO 1972Lowest 6 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 49% above MO 31 minLowest 30% above MO

Work from home 2.6%±3.2Highest MO: 13% 1.5%±1.9Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.8%Lowest 11.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 mi 20.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.46Highest 1.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kennett (16%)Kennett (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Freeborn Township11% work in Clarkton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 3.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 80.0Highest 6.6Lowest

Schools

School district —CLARKTON C-4

High school in town —Clarkton High

Students per teacherat that high school — 10.5

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.

Clarkton vs Freeborn Township

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A typical home costs about the same each month

Clarkton and Freeborn Township share a border

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