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%

Kinloch$500/mo

Typical home $85K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $878/mo · Housing →

Ferrelview$270/mo

Typical home $43K (Census) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $893/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Kinloch and Ferrelview.

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.

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

KinlochFerrelview

Snow a year17″18″

January low24°F 20°F

July high90°F 88°F

Growing season (days)215d 193d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 46th

Outdoors & history

KinlochFerrelview

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1890 —

Archive photos2 2

Famous people born here4 —

Community

KinlochFerrelview

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

236 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KinlochMO FerrelviewMO

Kinloch ↔ Ferrelview236 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

KinlochFerrelview

People

Population 322Lowest 752Highest

Median age 27.9±9.7Lowest 28% below MO 30.4±4Highest 22% below MO

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

Kids under 18 7.8%±10.2Lowest MO: 22.3% 25.7%±6.8Highest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 12.1%±10.9Highest MO: 17.9% 8%±4Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.8%Highest MO: 32.4% 11.2%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 17.4%±9.1Highest MO: 5.7% 5.5%±3Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,688±$18kLowest 37% below MO $45,938±$7kHighest 35% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $84,800±$5kHighest 63% below MO $43,000±$22kLowest 81% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $878±$94Lowest 15% below MO $893±$79Highest 14% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $705Highest 64% below MO $519Lowest 73% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.7%±13.4Lowest MO: 45.6% 49.8%±15.3Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 33.9%Highest MO: 12.6% 18.8%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 24%Lowest MO: 68.1% 36%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 9 yrs older than MO 1986Highest 8 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 45 minHighest 89% above MO 23 minLowest about the MO average

Work from home 15.7%±13.7Highest MO: 13% 4%±3.9Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 15.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 8.13Highest 0.03Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (14%)Kansas City (46%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FerrelviewFew work in Kinloch

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.6Lowest 279Highest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Kinloch neighborsTown Square →

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Bordering Kinloch

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Lanagan483 people · $90K homes

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West Sullivan220 people · $150K homes

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.

Kinloch vs Ferrelview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Kinloch

What daily life feels like in each

236 miles apart

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