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%

Macon$1,090/mo

Typical home $187K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $680/mo · Housing →

Higginsville$1,330/mo

Typical home $227K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $980/mo · Housing →

The difference: $250 a month, about $3,000 a year, between Higginsville and Macon.

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

Higginsville places higher on 12 of 23 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

B−MaconSafer than 50% of U.S. towns –HigginsvilleNot graded

Schools

B+MaconBetter than 67% of districts in the state BHigginsvilleBetter than 59% of districts in the state

Health

CMaconHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns B−HigginsvilleHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns

10Macon

12Higginsville

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #170#6 Most-used librariesLibraries · 50 towns #4#36 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #26#142 Most library borrowingLibraries · 50 towns #18#40 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #125#22 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #73#168 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #253#159 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #86#141

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Macon’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

MaconHigginsville

Snow a year15″14″

January low19°F 18°F

July high87°F 87°F

Growing season (days)195d 195d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 19th

Outdoors & history

MaconHigginsville

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2%7.2%

Settled1856 1869

National Register places3 4

Archive photos10 —

Community

MaconHigginsville

Library hours a week44 hrs 33 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

82 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MaconMO HigginsvilleMO

Macon ↔ Higginsville82 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

MaconHigginsville

People

Population 5,466Highest 4,781Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.3%Lowest MO: +2.8% +0.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 46.1±4.3Highest 18% above MO 44.6±6.4Lowest 14% above MO

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

Kids under 18 21.1%±3.6Highest MO: 22.3% 12.6%±3.3Lowest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 23.5%±3.5Lowest MO: 17.9% 25.2%±5.1Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.4%Lowest MO: 32.4% 29.9%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.4Lowest MO: 5.7% 2.7%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,642±$7kLowest 13% below MO $81,033±$16kHighest 15% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $151,800±$15kLowest 34% below MO $166,100±$19kHighest 28% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $680±$59Lowest 34% below MO $980±$99Highest 5% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,024Lowest 47% below MO $1,270Highest 35% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.7%±12.3Highest MO: 45.6% 39.1%±15.8Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 10.5%Highest MO: 12.6% 6.8%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.9%Lowest MO: 68.1% 74.5%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970 8 yrs older than MO 1970 8 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 23% below MO 20 minHighest 16% below MO

Work from home 4.7%±2.7Highest MO: 13% 2.9%±1.9Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 42.9%Highest 20.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 22.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.72Highest 0.99Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Moberly (9%)Kansas City (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HigginsvilleFew work in Macon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 7.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 59.6Lowest 72.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #73 of 226 in MO #168 of 226 in MO

School district MACON CO. R-ILAFAYETTE CO. C-1

High school in town Macon Senior HighLafayette Co. High

Students per teacherat that high school 13.4Highest 12.5Lowest

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.

Macon vs Higginsville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $250 more a month in Higginsville

Higginsville places higher on 12 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

82 miles apart

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