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%

Lanagan$500/mo

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

Kinloch$500/mo

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

LanaganKinloch

Snow a year9″17″

January low25°F 24°F

July high88°F 90°F

Growing season (days)191d 215d

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

Outdoors & history

LanaganKinloch

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled—1890

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here—4

Community

LanaganKinloch

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.

LanaganMO KinlochMO

Lanagan ↔ Kinloch269 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

LanaganKinloch

People

Population 483Highest 322Lowest

Median age 32.6±4.7Highest 16% below MO 27.9±9.7Lowest 28% 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 28.4%±9.5Highest MO: 22.3% 7.8%±10.2Lowest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 9.5%±5.7Lowest MO: 17.9% 12.1%±10.9Highest 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+ 6.8%Lowest MO: 32.4% 28.8%Highest MO: 32.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,000±$19kHighest 31% below MO $44,688±$18kLowest 37% 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 $90,000±$51kHighest 61% below MO $84,800±$5kLowest 63% 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 $678±$136Lowest 34% below MO $878±$94Highest 15% 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 $300Lowest 85% below MO $705Highest 64% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.2%±13.6Highest MO: 45.6% 37.7%±13.4Lowest 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 17%Lowest MO: 12.6% 33.9%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 8.8%±6.5Lowest MO: 13% 15.7%±13.7Highest 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 26.3 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KinlochFew work in Lanagan

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 39.6Lowest 77.6Highest

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.

Lanagan vs Kinloch

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

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