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%

Kennett$680/mo

Typical home $115K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $651/mo · Housing →

Center Township$880/mo

Typical home $149K (Census) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $723/mo · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Center Township and Kennett.

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

Kennett 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.

Safety

DKennettSafer than 8% of U.S. towns –Center TownshipNot graded

Schools

–KennettNot graded B−Center TownshipBetter than 52% of districts in the state

Health

D−KennettHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns DCenter TownshipHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

11Kennett

9Center Township

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #45#238 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #248#94 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #72#136 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#96 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #224#129 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #246#152 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #217#131 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #11#35

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

KennettCenter Township

Snow a year3″6″

January low30°F 22°F

July high90°F 89°F

Growing season (days)240d 202d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 53rd

Outdoors & history

KennettCenter Township

Trails4 mi 6 mi

Conserved land1.4%1.4%

National Register places2 —

Community

KennettCenter Township

Library hours a week48 hrs 48 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

261 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KennettMO Center TownshipVernon County

Kennett ↔ Center Township261 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

KennettCenter Township

People

Population 10,196Highest 9,372Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.8%Lowest MO: +2.8% -2.8%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.4±2.2 6% above MO 41.4±1.7 6% above MO

Kids under 18 26.2%±3.5Highest MO: 22.3% 18.9%±2.9Lowest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 20.9%±2.7Highest MO: 17.9% 19.8%±3.1Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.6%Lowest MO: 32.4% 17.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±0.7Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.3%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,500±$14kHighest 26% below MO $49,962±$4kLowest 29% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $112,000±$16kLowest 51% below MO $149,100±$18kHighest 35% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $651±$123Lowest 37% below MO $723±$73Highest 30% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $863Lowest 56% below MO $1,149Highest 41% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.5%±9.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 41.1%±10.8Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 19.1% MO: 12.6% 19.1% MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.9%Lowest MO: 68.1% 63.4%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Highest 9 yrs older than MO 1968Lowest 10 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 15% below MO 16 minLowest 33% below MO

Work from home 3.5%±1.9Lowest MO: 13% 8.7%±2.7Highest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 38.3%Lowest 38.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Lowest 1.25Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Senath (3%)Nevada (42%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Center TownshipFew work in Kennett

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4% 1.4%

Trailsmapped miles 4.0 miLowest 5.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5 5

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 98.2Highest 18.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#126 of 226 in MO

School district —NEVADA R-V

High school in town —Nevada High

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.3

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.

Kennett vs Center Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Center Township

Kennett places higher on 11 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

261 miles apart

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