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%

Harrisonville$1,770/mo

Typical home $300K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $944/mo · Housing →

Marshfield$1,500/mo

Typical home $260K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $710/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Harrisonville and Marshfield.

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

Marshfield places higher on 11 of 23 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.

Safety

C−HarrisonvilleSafer than 24% of U.S. towns C−MarshfieldSafer than 20% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−HarrisonvilleBetter than 20% of districts in the state C+MarshfieldBetter than 37% of districts in the state

Health

CHarrisonvilleHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns CMarshfieldHealthier than 31% of U.S. towns

9Harrisonville

11Marshfield

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #19#189 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #200#62 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #39#147 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #137#42 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #74#128 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #227#139 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #124#38 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #148#97

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Harrisonville’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

HarrisonvilleMarshfield

Snow a year17″5″

January low21°F 22°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)204d 191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 38th

Outdoors & history

HarrisonvilleMarshfield

Trails6 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5.1%1.7%

Settled1837 1830

National Register places3 1

Archive photos—9

Famous people born here—5

Community

HarrisonvilleMarshfield

Library hours a week61 hrs 51 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

120 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HarrisonvilleMO MarshfieldMO

Harrisonville ↔ Marshfield120 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

HarrisonvilleMarshfield

People

Population 9,970Highest 7,696Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1%Lowest MO: +2.8% +12.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 37.2±2.7Highest 5% below MO 36±5Lowest 8% below MO

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±3.9Lowest MO: 22.3% 25.9%±4.9Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 16.4%±2.6Lowest MO: 17.9% 19.4%±3.5Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15%Lowest MO: 32.4% 19%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.6Lowest MO: 5.7% 3.6%±2Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,473±$10kLowest 12% below MO $67,642±$5kHighest 4% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $209,200±$21kHighest 9% below MO $204,700±$20kLowest 11% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $944±$55Highest 9% below MO $710±$109Lowest 31% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,642Highest 16% below MO $1,259Lowest 35% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.3%±9.4Highest MO: 45.6% 27.1%±10.5Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 7.2%Lowest MO: 12.6% 18.1%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 64.4%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 2 yrs older than MO 1979Highest 1 yr newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 18% above MO 22 minLowest 6% below MO

Work from home 5.7%±2.4Highest MO: 13% 5.5%±3.2Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 18.9%Lowest 22.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.26Lowest 1.28Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kansas City (19%)Springfield (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MarshfieldFew work in Harrisonville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.1%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.1 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.4Lowest 87.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #142 of 226 in MO #166 of 226 in MO

School district HARRISONVILLE R-IXMARSHFIELD R-I

High school in town Harrisonville HighMarshfield High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.7Highest 14.6Lowest

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.

Harrisonville vs Marshfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Harrisonville

Marshfield places higher on 11 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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