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%

Independence Township$670/mo

Typical home $114K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $639/mo · Housing →

Hannibal$1,060/mo

Typical home $178K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $805/mo · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,600 a year, between Hannibal and Independence 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

Hannibal places higher on 14 of 20 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

–Independence TownshipNot graded C−HannibalSafer than 21% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−Independence TownshipBetter than 20% of districts in the state B−HannibalBetter than 51% of districts in the state

Health

D−Independence TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns DHannibalHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

5Independence Township

14Hannibal

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #130#17 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #237#131 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #10#44 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #250#165 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #227#146 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #246#171 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #71#31 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #10#77

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

Independence TownshipHannibal

Snow a year3″13″

January low30°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)240d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 82nd

Outdoors & history

Independence TownshipHannibal

Trails63 mi 14 mi

Conserved land2.6%5.1%

Settled—1819

National Register places—31

Archive photos6 12

Community

Independence TownshipHannibal

Library hours a week48 hrs 52 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

251 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Independence TownshipDunklin County HannibalMO

Independence Township ↔ Hannibal251 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

Independence TownshipHannibal

People

Population 11,960Lowest 16,771Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.6%Lowest MO: +2.8% -4.5%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.8±2.4Highest 7% above MO 38.5±2Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 24.7%±3.1Highest MO: 22.3% 23.2%±2.3Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 20.2%±2.4Highest MO: 17.9% 19.7%±2.1Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.2%Lowest MO: 32.4% 19.5%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±0.8Lowest MO: 5.7% 4.4%±0.6Highest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,521±$8kHighest 21% below MO $53,721±$6kLowest 24% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $114,400±$13kLowest 50% below MO $127,700±$15kHighest 45% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $639±$99Lowest 38% below MO $805±$65Highest 22% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $867Lowest 55% below MO $1,096Highest 44% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.5%±9Lowest MO: 45.6% 43.2%±8.6Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 18.4%Lowest MO: 12.6% 19.5%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.3%Lowest MO: 68.1% 62.2%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 8 yrs older than MO 1963Lowest 15 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 7% below MO 15 minLowest 35% below MO

Work from home 3.4%±1.7Lowest MO: 13% 6.4%±2.2Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 36.7%Lowest 44.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Lowest 1.36Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kennett (36%)Quincy (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HannibalFew work in Independence Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.6%Lowest 5.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 62.7 miHighest 13.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 23Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.4Lowest 54.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #176 of 226 in MO #133 of 226 in MO

School district KENNETT 39HANNIBAL 60

High school in town Kennett HighHannibal SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 14.7Lowest 15.7Highest

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.

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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.

Independence Township vs Hannibal

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Hannibal

Hannibal places higher on 14 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

251 miles apart

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