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%

Farber$850/mo

Typical home $133K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.37% · or rent about $350/mo · Housing →

Canalou$190/mo

Typical home $32K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · Housing →

The difference: $650 a month, about $7,800 a year, between Farber and Canalou.

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

FarberCanalou

Snow a year16″3″

January low19°F 28°F

July high86°F 91°F

Growing season (days)188d 225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 91st

Outdoors & history

FarberCanalou

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—1

Community

FarberCanalou

Library hours a week20 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

202 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FarberMO CanalouMO

Farber ↔ Canalou202 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

FarberCanalou

People

Population 272Highest 177Lowest

Median age 49±9.7Highest 26% above MO 48.5±7.5Lowest 24% above MO

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

Kids under 18 12.1%±7.7Lowest MO: 22.3% 22.6%±18Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.9%±2Highest MO: 17.9% 9.6%±19.8Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.5%Lowest MO: 32.4% 7.2%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±11.4Highest MO: 5.7% 2.8%±8.4Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,458±$20kLowest 34% below MO $46,875±$32kHighest 34% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $60,000±$26kHighest 74% below MO $32,000±$19kLowest 86% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $350±$41 66% below MO —

Property taxmedian, yearly $820Highest 58% below MO $314Lowest 84% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 13.3%±57.8Highest MO: 45.6% 0%±100Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 22.1%Highest MO: 12.6% 14.7%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.9%Lowest MO: 68.1% 81%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Lowest 11 yrs older than MO 1974Highest 4 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 7% below MO 33 minHighest 39% above MO

Work from home 4.9%±3Highest MO: 13% 2.5%±4.8Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 34.8 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Mexico (24%)Sikeston (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CanalouFew work in Farber

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 132Lowest 185Highest

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.

Farber vs Canalou

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $650 more a month in Farber

What daily life feels like in each

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