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%

Hurricane Township$640/mo

Typical home $109K (Census) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $664/mo · Housing →

Cunningham Township$430/mo

Typical home $70K (Census) · tax rate 1.04% · or rent about $686/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Hurricane Township and Cunningham 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.

Where they are

Hurricane Township and Cunningham Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hurricane TownshipCunningham Township

Hurricane Township ↔ Cunningham Township9.0 miles apart · They share a border

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

AHurricane TownshipBetter than 91% of districts in the state –Cunningham TownshipNot graded

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

Hurricane TownshipCunningham Township

Snow a year14″14″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 66th

Outdoors & history

Hurricane TownshipCunningham Township

Trails2 mi 39 mi

Conserved land3.7%31.2%

Settled—1840

Archive photos—1

Community

Hurricane TownshipCunningham Township

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.

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

Hurricane TownshipCunningham Township

People

Population 845Highest 197Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -13.7% MO: +2.8% —

Median age 47.9±8.3Highest 23% above MO 44.9±19.1Lowest 15% above MO

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

Kids under 18 15.4%±3.5Lowest MO: 22.3% 25.4%±14.4Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 24.7%±5.8Highest MO: 17.9% 17.8%±11.7Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17%Lowest MO: 32.4% 19.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±2.5Highest MO: 5.7% 3.6%±3.5Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,059±$5kLowest 19% below MO $61,250±$25kHighest 13% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $108,900±$17kHighest 53% below MO $70,000±$44kLowest 70% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $664±$251Lowest 36% below MO $686±$47Highest 34% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $788Highest 60% below MO $730Lowest 63% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.3%±39.7Lowest MO: 45.6% 70%±100Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 7.5%Highest MO: 12.6% 5.6%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.1%Highest MO: 68.1% 81.8%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO 1938Lowest 40 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 43% above MO 24 minLowest about the MO average

Work from home 8.9%±7.3Highest MO: 13% 0%±13.6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miLowest 46.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.38Lowest 0.45Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Carrollton (22%)Marceline (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cunningham TownshipFew work in Hurricane Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.7%Lowest 31.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miLowest 39.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.7Highest 2.2Lowest

Schools

School district HALE R-I—

High school in town Hale High—

Students per teacherat that high school 6.6 —

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.

Hurricane Township vs Cunningham Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Hurricane Township

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