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%

Cottleville$3,080/mo

Typical home $504K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.04% · or rent about $1,624/mo · Housing →

Battlefield$1,810/mo

Typical home $307K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $1,042/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,270 a month, about $15,200 a year, between Cottleville and Battlefield.

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

Battlefield places higher on 11 of 19 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

–CottlevilleNot graded BBattlefieldSafer than 64% of U.S. towns

Schools

ACottlevilleBetter than 93% of districts in the state B+BattlefieldBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

A−CottlevilleHealthier than 83% of U.S. towns A−BattlefieldHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns

6Cottleville

11Battlefield

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #19#208 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #42#221 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #245#159 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #153#71 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #1#68 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #238#176 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #8#42 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #244#205

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

CottlevilleBattlefield

Snow a year14″14″

January low21°F 24°F

July high88°F 90°F

Growing season (days)199d 199d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 29th

Outdoors & history

CottlevilleBattlefield

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land8.4%0.5%

Settled1798 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

CottlevilleBattlefield

Colleges in town1 —

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

186 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CottlevilleMO BattlefieldMO

Cottleville ↔ Battlefield186 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

CottlevilleBattlefield

People

Population 5,937Lowest 6,165Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +82.5%Highest MO: +2.8% +7.2%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.1±4Lowest 5% above MO 41.8±4.1Highest 7% above MO

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

Kids under 18 22%±4.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 22.1%±4.1Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 15.2%±4.2Lowest MO: 17.9% 19.5%±5.1Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 53.3%Highest MO: 32.4% 43.7%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±2.4Highest MO: 5.7% 5%±2.1Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $131,310±$28kHighest 86% above MO $94,542±$10kLowest 34% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $435,400±$38kHighest 89% above MO $255,600±$25kLowest 11% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,624±$224Highest 57% above MO $1,042±$130Lowest about the MO average

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,514Highest 132% above MO $1,979Lowest about the MO average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 64.1%±22.9Highest MO: 45.6% 37.8%±11.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 2%Lowest MO: 12.6% 4.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.6%Lowest MO: 68.1% 85.8%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2012Highest 34 yrs newer than MO 2002Lowest 24 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 4% below MO 22 minLowest 9% below MO

Work from home 13.7%±4.3Lowest MO: 13% 17.4%±6.6Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 7.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Highest 0.18Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town O'Fallon (9%)Springfield (65%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BattlefieldFew work in Cottleville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.4%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 58.3Lowest 82.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #19 of 226 in MO #5 of 226 in MO

School district FRANCIS HOWELL R-IIISPRINGFIELD R-XII

High school in town Francis Howell Central HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 19.0 —

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.

Cottleville vs Battlefield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,270 more a month in Cottleville

Battlefield places higher on 11 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

186 miles apart

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