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%

Fillmore$1,470/mo

Typical home $247K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $783/mo · Housing →

Deepwater$600/mo

Typical home $100K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $686/mo · Housing →

The difference: $860 a month, about $10,400 a year, between Fillmore and Deepwater.

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

FillmoreDeepwater

Snow a year21″11″

January low17°F 19°F

July high87°F 90°F

Growing season (days)182d 187d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)80th 54th

Outdoors & history

FillmoreDeepwater

Settled1845 1885

Archive photos1 12

Famous people born here1 3

Community

FillmoreDeepwater

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

138 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FillmoreMO DeepwaterMO

Fillmore ↔ Deepwater138 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

FillmoreDeepwater

People

Population 299Lowest 320Highest

Median age 35.2±4.2Lowest 10% below MO 38.5±6.9Highest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 32.4%±9.6Highest MO: 22.3% 24.4%±7Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 14%±9Lowest MO: 17.9% 17.8%±5.4Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 3.7%Lowest MO: 32.4% 7.2%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±5.7Lowest MO: 5.7% 0.9%±4.1Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $29,722±$12k 58% below MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $83,100±$17kHighest 64% below MO $81,300±$19kLowest 65% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $783±$241Highest 24% below MO $686±$279Lowest 34% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $700Lowest 64% below MO $767Highest 61% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30%±100Lowest MO: 45.6% 53.8%±80.1Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 5.4%Lowest MO: 12.6% 36.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Highest MO: 68.1% 75.8%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 40 yrs older than MO 1971Highest 7 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 37% above MO 23 minLowest about the MO average

Work from home 3.1%±6Lowest MO: 13% 13.1%±12.4Highest MO: 13%

Deepwater and Fillmore 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 20.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.03Lowest 0.04Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Joseph (51%)Clinton (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeepwaterFew work in Fillmore

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 49.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 154Highest 90.4Lowest

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.

Fillmore vs Deepwater

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $860 more a month in Fillmore

What daily life feels like in each

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