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%

Eldon$1,100/mo

Typical home $195K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $822/mo · Housing →

Brookfield$790/mo

Typical home $136K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $711/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Eldon and Brookfield.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

BEldonSafer than 64% of U.S. towns C+BrookfieldSafer than 42% of U.S. towns

Schools

AEldonBetter than 87% of districts in the state –BrookfieldNot graded

Health

C−EldonHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns C−BrookfieldHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

9Eldon

9Brookfield

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#170 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #27#160 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #102#14 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #103#24 SafestSafety · 156 towns #29#72 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #239#176 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #152#92 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #233#175

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

EldonBrookfield

Snow a year4″19″

January low25°F 18°F

July high89°F 87°F

Growing season (days)216d 192d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 66th

Outdoors & history

EldonBrookfield

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—1%

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—10

Community

EldonBrookfield

Library hours a week46 hrs 44 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

103 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EldonMO BrookfieldMO

Eldon ↔ Brookfield103 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

EldonBrookfield

People

Population 4,556Highest 4,144Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.3%Highest MO: +2.8% -9.5%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 44.3±6.8Highest 14% above MO 44.1±3.8Lowest 13% above MO

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

Kids under 18 18.7%±4.3Lowest MO: 22.3% 20.8%±4.7Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 23.2%±4.9Lowest MO: 17.9% 24.1%±3.7Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.5%Highest MO: 32.4% 13.9%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±0.6Lowest MO: 5.7% 2.5%±1.6Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $41,684±$8kLowest 41% below MO $53,000±$12kHighest 25% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,400±$45kHighest 32% below MO $102,100±$39kLowest 56% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $822±$57Highest 20% below MO $711±$216Lowest 31% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $769Highest 61% below MO $714Lowest 63% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.7%±14.4Highest MO: 45.6% 33.8%±12.2Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 12.8%Lowest MO: 12.6% 14.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.5%Lowest MO: 68.1% 69.9%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 4 yrs older than MO 1960Lowest 18 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 13% below MO 14 minLowest 39% below MO

Work from home 6.4%±3Highest MO: 13% 3.8%±3Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.1%Lowest 43.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.26Lowest 1.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Jefferson City (15%)Marceline (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrookfieldFew work in Eldon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.8%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 90.1Highest 77.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #77 of 226 in MO—

School district ELDON R-I—

High school in town Eldon High—

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7 —

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.

Eldon vs Brookfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Eldon

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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