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 →

Lanagan$500/mo

Typical home $90K (Census) · tax rate 0.33% · or rent about $678/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

KinlochLanagan

Snow a year17″9″

January low24°F 25°F

July high90°F 88°F

Growing season (days)215d 191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 89th

Outdoors & history

KinlochLanagan

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1890 —

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

KinlochLanagan

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

269 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KinlochMO LanaganMO

Kinloch ↔ Lanagan269 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

KinlochLanagan

People

Population 322Lowest 483Highest

Median age 27.9±9.7Lowest 28% below MO 32.6±4.7Highest 16% below MO

Lanagan 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% 28.4%±9.5Highest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 12.1%±10.9Highest MO: 17.9% 9.5%±5.7Lowest MO: 17.9%

Kinloch and Lanagan 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% 6.8%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 17.4%±9.1Highest MO: 5.7% 1.9%±3.5Lowest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,688±$18kLowest 37% below MO $49,000±$19kHighest 31% below MO

Lanagan 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±$5kLowest 63% below MO $90,000±$51kHighest 61% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $878±$94Highest 15% below MO $678±$136Lowest 34% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $705Highest 64% below MO $300Lowest 85% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.7%±13.4Lowest MO: 45.6% 46.2%±13.6Highest MO: 45.6%

Lanagan 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% 17%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 24%Lowest MO: 68.1% 34.5%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Highest 9 yrs older than MO 1960Lowest 18 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 45 minHighest 89% above MO 25 minLowest 7% above MO

Work from home 15.7%±13.7Highest MO: 13% 8.8%±6.5Lowest MO: 13%

Kinloch and Lanagan 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 26.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 8.13Highest 0.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (14%)Noel (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LanaganFew 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 77.6Highest 39.6Lowest

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.

Kinloch neighborsTown Square →

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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.

Kinloch vs Lanagan

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

269 miles apart

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