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%

Foley$1,570/mo

Typical home $266K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $635/mo · Housing →

Roscoe$410/mo

Typical home $71K (Census) · tax rate 0.65% · Housing →

The difference: $1,160 a month, about $13,900 a year, between Foley and Roscoe.

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.

Schools

–FoleyNot graded DRoscoeBetter than 7% of districts in the state

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

FoleyRoscoe

Snow a year16″10″

January low20°F 21°F

July high87°F 90°F

Growing season (days)181d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)72nd 77th

Outdoors & history

FoleyRoscoe

Settled1879 —

Archive photos2 —

Community

FoleyRoscoe

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

182 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FoleyMO RoscoeMO

Foley ↔ Roscoe182 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

FoleyRoscoe

People

Population 140Highest 101Lowest

Median age 33.8±21Lowest 13% below MO 34.8±22.8Highest 11% below MO

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

Kids under 18 26.4%±19.6Lowest MO: 22.3% 37.6%±31.9Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 8.6%±21.5Lowest MO: 17.9% 23.8%±19.6Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.3%Lowest MO: 32.4% 6.6%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±12.1 MO: 5.7% 0%±16.8 MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,250±$40kHighest 6% below MO $43,611±$15kLowest 38% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $68,300±$21kLowest 70% below MO $71,300±$67kHighest 69% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $635±$335 39% below MO —

Property taxmedian, yearly $538Highest 72% below MO $462Lowest 76% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14.3%±100Lowest MO: 45.6% 100%±100Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 33.6%Highest MO: 12.6% 12.9%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84%Highest MO: 68.1% 80.6%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 8 yrs older than MO 1938Lowest 40 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 5% below MO 24 minHighest about the MO average

Work from home 10.5%±10.2Highest MO: 13% 0%±54.5Lowest MO: 13%

Foley and Roscoe 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 24.3 miLowest 41.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.31Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Peters (11%)Bolivar (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RoscoeFew work in Foley

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 54.7%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 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 158Highest 20.7Lowest

Schools

School district —ROSCOE C-1

High school in town —None in town

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

Deciding?

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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.

Foley vs Roscoe

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,160 more a month in Foley

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