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%

Deepwater$600/mo

Typical home $100K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $686/mo · Housing →

Purcell$520/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $870/mo · Housing →

The difference: $80 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Deepwater and Purcell.

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.

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

DeepwaterPurcell

Snow a year11″8″

January low19°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)187d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 68th

Outdoors & history

DeepwaterPurcell

Settled1885 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

DeepwaterPurcell

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

79 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DeepwaterMO PurcellMO

Deepwater ↔ Purcell79 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

DeepwaterPurcell

People

Population 320Lowest 324Highest

Median age 38.5±6.9Lowest about the MO average 39.7±13.5Highest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 24.4%±7Lowest MO: 22.3% 31.8%±8.1Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 17.8%±5.4Lowest MO: 17.9% 18.8%±10.4Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.2%Lowest MO: 32.4% 13.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±4.1Highest MO: 5.7% 0.6%±3.8Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $29,722±$12k 58% below MO —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $81,300±$19kLowest 65% below MO $87,700±$9kHighest 62% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $686±$279Lowest 34% below MO $870±$413Highest 16% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $767Highest 61% below MO $721Lowest 63% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.8%±80.1Highest MO: 45.6% 22.7%±100Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 36.2%Highest MO: 12.6% 31.5%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.8%Highest MO: 68.1% 73.3%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 7 yrs older than MO 1945Lowest 33 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the MO average 37 minHighest 55% above MO

Work from home 13.1%±12.4Highest MO: 13% 5.5%±7.8Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.04Lowest 0.09Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Clinton (32%)Joplin (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PurcellFew work in Deepwater

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 49.2%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 90.4Lowest 100Highest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Deepwater vs Purcell

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Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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