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 →

Union Township$570/mo

Typical home $99K (Census) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $658/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Desloge and Union 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 14 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.

Schools

C+DeslogeBetter than 42% of districts in the state C−Union TownshipBetter than 23% of districts in the state

Health

DDeslogeHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns D−Union TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

14Desloge

4Union Township

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #57#259 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #98#242 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #104#251 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #69#172 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #86#179 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #171#239 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #130#194 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #179#243

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

DeslogeUnion Township

Snow a year9″3″

January low23°F —

July high89°F —

Growing season (days)191d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 81st

Outdoors & history

DeslogeUnion Township

Trails1 mi 46 mi

Conserved land2.5%3.4%

Settled1941 1845

National Register places—1

Archive photos—1

Community

DeslogeUnion Township

Library hours a week40 hrs 15 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

95 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DeslogeMO Union TownshipDunklin County

Desloge ↔ Union Township95 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

DeslogeUnion Township

People

Population 4,863Highest 3,349Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.6%Highest MO: +2.8% -17%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 38.1±9.1Highest about the MO average 37.8±5.9Lowest 3% below MO

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

Kids under 18 23.8%±6.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 25.9%±5.4Highest MO: 22.3%

Union Township and Desloge 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% 15.9%±3.6Lowest MO: 17.9%

Desloge and Union 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% 11.9%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.6%±1.1Lowest MO: 5.7% 2%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7%

Union 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 $50,938±$15kLowest 28% below MO

Desloge and Union 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 $98,500±$26kLowest 57% below MO

Desloge and Union 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 $658±$88Highest 36% below MO

Union 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 $655Lowest 66% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.9%±24.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 54.7%±34.5Highest MO: 45.6%

Union 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% 20%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 77%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Highest same as MO 1973Lowest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 20% below MO 24 minHighest about the MO average

Work from home 10.6%±8Highest MO: 13% 2.5%±2.6Lowest MO: 13%

Desloge and Union 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 14.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.56Highest 0.48Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Farmington (22%)Campbell (11%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.5%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 45.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 90.6Highest 4.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #171 of 226 in MO #182 of 226 in MO

School district NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-ICAMPBELL R-II

High school in town None in townCampbell High

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.8

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

Deciding?

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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 Union Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Desloge

Desloge places higher on 14 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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