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%

Hume$520/mo

Typical home $90K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $685/mo · Housing →

Amazonia$1,280/mo

Typical home $215K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.86% · Housing →

The difference: $760 a month, about $9,100 a year, between Amazonia and Hume.

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

–HumeNot graded B+AmazoniaBetter than 67% 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

HumeAmazonia

Snow a year10″21″

January low20°F 17°F

July high90°F 87°F

Growing season (days)192d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)74th 80th

Outdoors & history

HumeAmazonia

Settled1880 1857

Archive photos—3

Famous people born here2 —

Community

HumeAmazonia

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

125 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HumeMO AmazoniaMO

Hume ↔ Amazonia125 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

HumeAmazonia

People

Population 209Lowest 286Highest

Median age 31.8±23.1Highest 18% below MO 30.5±6.7Lowest 22% below MO

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

Kids under 18 36.8%±10Highest MO: 22.3% 32.5%±5.2Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 12%±11.6Highest MO: 17.9% 8.4%±9.8Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.8%Highest MO: 32.4% 3.7%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±8.1Lowest MO: 5.7% 2.1%±5.4Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,750±$32kLowest 17% below MO $79,500±$27kHighest 12% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $90,000±$66kHighest 61% below MO $82,700±$13kLowest 64% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $685±$189 34% below MO —

Property taxmedian, yearly $617Lowest 68% below MO $714Highest 63% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 71.4%±100Highest MO: 45.6% 60%±100Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 34.4%Highest MO: 12.6% 4.9%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87%Highest MO: 68.1% 86.6%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Highest 1 yr newer than MO 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 36 minHighest 54% above MO 28 minLowest 21% above MO

Work from home 7.2%±8.3Highest MO: 13% 4.2%±5.9Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.6%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 37.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.82Highest 0.20Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Butler (10%)St. Joseph (48%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AmazoniaFew work in Hume

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

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 113Highest 98.6Lowest

Schools

School district —SAVANNAH R-III

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.

Hume vs Amazonia

Two towns, two different strengths

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A typical home costs $760 more a month in Amazonia

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