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%

Gordonville$1,400/mo

Typical home $242K (Census) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,013/mo · Housing →

Morris Township$980/mo

Typical home $178K (Census) · tax rate 0.31% · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Gordonville and Morris Township.

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

GordonvilleMorris Township

Snow a year8″10″

January low24°F 22°F

July high90°F 87°F

Growing season (days)202d 196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 56th

Outdoors & history

GordonvilleMorris Township

Trails—10 mi

Conserved land—0.2%

Community

GordonvilleMorris Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

137 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GordonvilleMO Morris TownshipTexas County

Gordonville ↔ Morris Township137 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

GordonvilleMorris Township

People

Population 473Lowest 647Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -21.1% MO: +2.8%

Median age 38.4±7Lowest about the MO average 40.4±26Highest 4% above MO

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

Kids under 18 18.6%±4.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 25.8%±9.8Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 18.6%±4.3Highest MO: 17.9% 17.5%±7.1Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.4%Lowest MO: 32.4% 44.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±1.9Lowest MO: 5.7% 18.2%±14.6Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $82,750±$8kHighest 17% above MO $55,662±$17kLowest 21% below MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $241,500±$17kHighest 5% above MO $178,000±$87kLowest 23% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,013±$177 about the MO average —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,557Highest 20% below MO $547Lowest 72% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37%±50.1 MO: 45.6% —

Below poverty line 1.5%Lowest MO: 12.6% 2.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.8%Lowest MO: 68.1% 84.8%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994Highest 16 yrs newer than MO 1966Lowest 12 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the MO average 29 minHighest 23% above MO

Work from home 6.1%±4.4Highest MO: 13% 0%±3.8Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.4%Lowest 2.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.55Highest 0.25Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cape Girardeau (30%)Houston (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Morris TownshipFew work in Gordonville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 9.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.4Highest 2.3Lowest

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.

Gordonville neighborsTown Square →

1 neighbor in Gordonville can answer.

Morris Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Morris Township’s Town Square.

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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.

Gordonville vs Morris Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Gordonville

What daily life feels like in each

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