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%

Granby$1,170/mo

Typical home $205K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $846/mo · Housing →

Union Township$570/mo

Typical home $99K (Census) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $658/mo · Housing →

The difference: $600 a month, about $7,200 a year, between Granby and Union 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.

Report cards

Granby places higher on 11 of 17 MO lists

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

C+GranbyBetter than 38% of districts in the state C−Union TownshipBetter than 23% of districts in the state

Health

DGranbyHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns D−Union TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

11Granby

4Union Township

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #98#251 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #98#18 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #191#257 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #183#242 Most educatedPeople · 261 towns #188#238 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #213#259 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #203#243 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #200#239

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Granby’s rankings →

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

GranbyUnion Township

Snow a year8″3″

January low25°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)206d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)63rd 81st

Outdoors & history

GranbyUnion Township

Trails—46 mi

Conserved land—3.4%

Settled—1845

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 1

Famous people born here1 —

Community

GranbyUnion Township

Library hours a week—15 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

231 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GranbyMO Union TownshipDunklin County

Granby ↔ Union Township231 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

GranbyUnion Township

People

Population 2,745Lowest 3,349Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.9%Highest MO: +2.8% -17%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 35.4±7.6Lowest 9% below MO 37.8±5.9Highest 3% below MO

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

Kids under 18 29.3%±4.8Highest MO: 22.3% 25.9%±5.4Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 12.9%±3.4Lowest MO: 17.9% 15.9%±3.6Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.9%Highest MO: 32.4% 11.9%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7% 2%±1.7Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,864±$18kLowest 31% below MO $50,938±$15kHighest 28% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $104,700±$27kHighest 55% below MO $98,500±$26kLowest 57% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $846±$90Highest 18% below MO $658±$88Lowest 36% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $596Lowest 69% below MO $655Highest 66% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.7%±16.1Lowest MO: 45.6% 54.7%±34.5Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 25.6%Highest MO: 12.6% 20%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.8%Lowest MO: 68.1% 77%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 6 yrs older than MO 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the MO average 24 minHighest about the MO average

Work from home 5.9%±3.9Highest MO: 13% 2.5%±2.6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.9%Lowest 14.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 0.48Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Neosho (18%)Campbell (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Union TownshipFew work in Granby

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 45.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 38.3Highest 4.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #196 of 226 in MO #182 of 226 in MO

School district EAST NEWTON CO. R-VICAMPBELL R-II

High school in town None in townCampbell High

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.8

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.

Granby vs Union Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $600 more a month in Granby

Granby places higher on 11 of 17 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

231 miles apart

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