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%

Lilbourn$420/mo

Typical home $67K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.24% · or rent about $646/mo · Housing →

Seligman$1,290/mo

Typical home $227K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $797/mo · Housing →

The difference: $870 a month, about $10,500 a year, between Seligman and Lilbourn.

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

LilbournSeligman

Snow a year7″7″

January low28°F 24°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)227d 199d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)91st 72nd

Outdoors & history

LilbournSeligman

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Archive photos10 6

Community

LilbournSeligman

Library hours a week16 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

240 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LilbournMO SeligmanMO

Lilbourn ↔ Seligman240 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

LilbournSeligman

People

Population 905Lowest 941Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -16.5%Lowest MO: +2.8% -4.5%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 31.8±8.1Highest 18% below MO 31±10.9Lowest 21% below MO

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

Kids under 18 33.5%±6.2Highest MO: 22.3% 32.2%±6.1Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 9.3%±4.9Highest MO: 17.9% 7.3%±2.4Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.6%Highest MO: 32.4% 4.4%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±3.4Highest MO: 5.7% 0.5%±1.7Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $40,625±$13kLowest 43% below MO $47,798±$8kHighest 32% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $57,300±$22kLowest 75% below MO $93,800±$41kHighest 59% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $646±$89Lowest 37% below MO $797±$40Highest 23% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $709Highest 64% below MO $498Lowest 74% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.8%±13.5Lowest MO: 45.6% 43.8%±23.3Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 32.2%Highest MO: 12.6% 25.2%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53.4%Highest MO: 68.1% 48.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 3 yrs older than MO 1987Highest 9 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 10% below MO 34 minHighest 44% above MO

Work from home 7%±6.4Highest MO: 13% 1.8%±2Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.3%Lowest 2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 mi 20.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Lowest 0.36Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sikeston (12%)Rogers (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SeligmanFew work in Lilbourn

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 125Highest 52.4Lowest

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.

Lilbourn vs Seligman

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $870 more a month in Seligman

What daily life feels like in each

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