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%

Desloge$1,010/mo

Typical home $170K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $636/mo · Housing →

Sherrill Township$690/mo

Typical home $121K (Census) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $721/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Desloge and Sherrill Township.

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

Desloge places higher on 15 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.

Schools

C+DeslogeBetter than 42% of districts in the state BSherrill TownshipBetter than 62% of districts in the state

Health

DDeslogeHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns D−Sherrill TownshipHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

15Desloge

5Sherrill Township

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #57#251 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #151#6 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #69#233 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #86#237 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #203#92 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #130#222 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #98#179 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #181#250

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

DeslogeSherrill Township

Snow a year9″11″

January low23°F 21°F

July high89°F 88°F

Growing season (days)191d 181d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 54th

Outdoors & history

DeslogeSherrill Township

Trails1 mi 19 mi

Conserved land2.5%1.1%

Settled1941 —

Community

DeslogeSherrill Township

Library hours a week40 hrs 39 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

76 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DeslogeMO Sherrill TownshipTexas County

Desloge ↔ Sherrill Township76 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

DeslogeSherrill Township

People

Population 4,863Lowest 5,408Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.6%Highest MO: +2.8% -5.4%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 38.1±9.1Lowest about the MO average 39.4±3Highest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 23.8%±6.2Highest MO: 22.3% 19.4%±4.1Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.9%±4.8Highest MO: 17.9% 16.4%±2.8Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.5%Highest MO: 32.4% 7.5%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.6%±1.1Lowest MO: 5.7% 1.3%±0.9Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,820±$15kHighest 14% below MO $46,987±$8kLowest 34% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $127,500±$28kHighest 45% below MO $120,900±$42kLowest 48% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $636±$157Lowest 38% below MO $721±$64Highest 30% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,078Highest 45% below MO $711Lowest 64% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.9%±24.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 54.4%±15.6Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 15.7%Lowest MO: 12.6% 26.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2%Highest MO: 68.1% 71.8%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Highest same as MO 1977Lowest 1 yr older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 20% below MO 28 minHighest 20% above MO

Work from home 10.6%±8Highest MO: 13% 7.2%±3.6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.1%Lowest 19.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 32.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.56Lowest 0.92Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Farmington (22%)Licking (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sherrill TownshipFew work in Desloge

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.5%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 18.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 90.6Highest 7.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #171 of 226 in MO #151 of 226 in MO

School district NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-IDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · LICKING R-VIII

High school in town None in townLicking High

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.3

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.

Desloge vs Sherrill Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Desloge

Desloge places higher on 15 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

76 miles apart

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