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 →

Moberly$960/mo

Typical home $162K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.81% · or rent about $774/mo · Housing →

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Moberly 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

Moberly places higher on 11 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.

Schools

C−Independence TownshipBetter than 20% of districts in the state C+MoberlyBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

D−Independence TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns DMoberlyHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

7Independence Township

11Moberly

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

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #10#64 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #91#219 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #248#146 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #250#164 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #246#171 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #159#229 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #36#96 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #237#179

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 TownshipMoberly

Snow a year3″15″

January low30°F 19°F

July high90°F 87°F

Growing season (days)240d 195d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 29th

Outdoors & history

Independence TownshipMoberly

Trails63 mi 9 mi

Conserved land2.6%0.3%

Settled—1866

National Register places—5

Archive photos6 —

Community

Independence TownshipMoberly

Library hours a week48 hrs 58 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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

256 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Independence TownshipDunklin County MoberlyMO

Independence Township ↔ Moberly256 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 TownshipMoberly

People

Population 11,960Lowest 13,526Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.6%Lowest MO: +2.8% -1.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.8±2.4Highest 7% above MO 39.4±1.6Lowest about the MO average

Independence Township and Moberly 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% 21.3%±2.6Lowest MO: 22.3%

Independence Township and Moberly 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% 17%±2.2Lowest MO: 17.9%

Independence Township and Moberly 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% 16.3%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±0.8Lowest MO: 5.7% 3.9%±1Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,521±$8kHighest 21% below MO $44,145±$5kLowest 38% below MO

Independence Township and Moberly 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 $153,100±$19kHighest 34% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $639±$99Lowest 38% below MO $774±$68Highest 25% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $867Lowest 55% below MO $1,238Highest 36% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.5%±9Lowest MO: 45.6% 48%±11.8Highest MO: 45.6%

Moberly 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% MO: 12.6% 18.4% MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.3%Highest MO: 68.1% 58.7%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 8 yrs older than MO 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 7% below MO 19 minLowest 19% below MO

Work from home 3.4%±1.7Lowest MO: 13% 5.5%±2.5Highest MO: 13%

Moberly 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 38.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 27.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Lowest 1.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kennett (36%)Columbia (17%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.6%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 62.7 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 16Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.4Lowest 54.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #176 of 226 in MO #191 of 226 in MO

School district KENNETT 39MOBERLY

High school in town Kennett HighMoberly SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 14.7Lowest 15.1Highest

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 Moberly

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Moberly

Moberly places higher on 11 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

256 miles apart

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