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 →

Moberly$960/mo

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

The difference: $280 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Moberly 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

Moberly places higher on 11 of 21 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 –MoberlyNot graded

Schools

–KennettNot graded C+MoberlyBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

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

8Kennett

11Moberly

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #11#64 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #45#164 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#96 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #248#146 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #246#171 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #163#219 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #35#96 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #40#94

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

KennettMoberly

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

KennettMoberly

Trails4 mi 9 mi

Conserved land1.4%0.3%

Settled—1866

National Register places2 5

Community

KennettMoberly

Library hours a week48 hrs 58 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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

255 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KennettMO MoberlyMO

Kennett ↔ Moberly255 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

KennettMoberly

People

Population 10,196Lowest 13,526Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.8%Lowest MO: +2.8% -1.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.4±2.2Highest 6% above MO 39.4±1.6Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 26.2%±3.5Highest MO: 22.3% 21.3%±2.6Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 20.9%±2.7Highest MO: 17.9% 17%±2.2Lowest MO: 17.9%

Kennett and Moberly 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% 16.3%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±0.7Lowest MO: 5.7% 3.9%±1Highest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,500±$14kHighest 26% below MO $44,145±$5kLowest 38% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $651±$123Lowest 37% below MO $774±$68Highest 25% below MO

Moberly 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 $1,238Highest 36% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.5%±9.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 48%±11.8Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 19.1%Highest MO: 12.6% 18.4%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.9%Lowest MO: 68.1% 58.7%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Highest 9 yrs older than MO 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 15% below MO 19 minLowest 19% below MO

Work from home 3.5%±1.9Lowest MO: 13% 5.5%±2.5Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 38.3%Lowest 38.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 27.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Lowest 1.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Senath (3%)Columbia (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MoberlyFew work in Kennett

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.0 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 16Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 98.2Highest 54.6Lowest

Schools

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

School district —MOBERLY

High school in town —Moberly SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school — 15.1

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.

Kennett vs Moberly

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $280 more a month in Moberly

Moberly places higher on 11 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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