Next-door neighbors in Chariton County. The biggest differences: property tax bill (3.6× in Cockrell Township) and home values (2.7× in Cockrell Township).
A typical home costs $1,220 more a month in Cockrell Township
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.
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.
Cockrell TownshipBee Branch Township
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People
Population242Lowest296Highest
Median age40.6±13.9Lowest 4% above MO52.6±6.8Highest 35% above MO
Bee Branch Township and Cockrell Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1831%±14.4Highest MO: 22.3%19.9%±11.2Lowest MO: 22.3%
Cockrell Township and Bee Branch Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+12.4%±15.4Lowest MO: 17.9%23.6%±8.6Highest MO: 17.9%
Bee Branch Township and Cockrell Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.