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%

Ferrelview$270/mo

Typical home $43K (Census) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $893/mo · Housing →

Kinloch$500/mo

Typical home $85K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $878/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Kinloch and Ferrelview.

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

FerrelviewKinloch

Snow a year18″17″

January low20°F 24°F

July high88°F 90°F

Growing season (days)193d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 45th

Outdoors & history

FerrelviewKinloch

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled—1890

Archive photos2 2

Famous people born here—4

Community

FerrelviewKinloch

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

236 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FerrelviewMO KinlochMO

Ferrelview ↔ Kinloch236 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

FerrelviewKinloch

People

Population 752Highest 322Lowest

Median age 30.4±4Highest 22% below MO 27.9±9.7Lowest 28% below MO

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

Kids under 18 25.7%±6.8Highest MO: 22.3% 7.8%±10.2Lowest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 8%±4Lowest MO: 17.9% 12.1%±10.9Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.2%Lowest MO: 32.4% 28.8%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±3Lowest MO: 5.7% 17.4%±9.1Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $45,938±$7kHighest 35% below MO $44,688±$18kLowest 37% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $43,000±$22kLowest 81% below MO $84,800±$5kHighest 63% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $893±$79Highest 14% below MO $878±$94Lowest 15% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $519Lowest 73% below MO $705Highest 64% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.8%±15.3Highest MO: 45.6% 37.7%±13.4Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 18.8%Lowest MO: 12.6% 33.9%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 36%Highest MO: 68.1% 24%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 8 yrs newer than MO 1969Lowest 9 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the MO average 45 minHighest 89% above MO

Work from home 4%±3.9Lowest MO: 13% 15.7%±13.7Highest MO: 13%

Kinloch and Ferrelview 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 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.03Lowest 8.13Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kansas City (46%)St. Louis (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KinlochFew work in Ferrelview

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 279Highest 77.6Lowest

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.

Ferrelview vs Kinloch

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Kinloch

What daily life feels like in each

236 miles apart

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