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%

Marble Hill$700/mo

Typical home $120K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.74% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Buffalo Township$470/mo

Typical home $81K (Census) · tax rate 0.74% · or rent about $768/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Marble Hill and Buffalo Township.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

–Marble HillNot graded DBuffalo TownshipBetter than 5% of districts in the state

Health

DMarble HillHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns D−Buffalo TownshipHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns

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

Marble HillBuffalo Township

Snow a year8″4″

January low24°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)202d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 83rd

Outdoors & history

Marble HillBuffalo Township

Trails1 mi 27 mi

Conserved land0%5.5%

Settled1851 1845

National Register places2 —

Community

Marble HillBuffalo Township

Library hours a week33 hrs 24 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

88 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Marble HillMO Buffalo TownshipDunklin County

Marble Hill ↔ Buffalo Township88 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

Marble HillBuffalo Township

People

Population 1,758Highest 1,154Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6%Highest MO: +2.8% -21%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 28.8±4.6Highest 26% below MO 24±3.6Lowest 38% below MO

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 34.4%±6.3Highest MO: 22.3% 29.6%±3.9Lowest MO: 22.3%

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 11.8%±3.5Highest MO: 17.9% 11.4%±2.1Lowest MO: 17.9%

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.5%Lowest MO: 32.4% 11.4%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±1.8Highest MO: 5.7% 0.9%±0.6Lowest MO: 5.7%

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $37,734±$10kHighest 47% below MO $24,537±$21kLowest 65% below MO

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $101,400±$12kHighest 56% below MO $81,000±$28kLowest 65% below MO

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$137Highest 25% below MO $768±$26Lowest 26% below MO

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $748Highest 62% below MO $600Lowest 69% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.2%±23.5Lowest MO: 45.6% 68.5%±34.2Highest MO: 45.6%

Buffalo Township and Marble Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 29.5%Lowest MO: 12.6% 45.1%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.9%Highest MO: 68.1% 48.5%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 10 yrs older than MO 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 36% above MO 17 minLowest 26% below MO

Work from home 2.8%±4.5Highest MO: 13% 1%±1.4Lowest MO: 13%

Marble Hill and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 12.6%Highest 9.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 13.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.27Highest 0.38Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cape Girardeau (15%)Paragould (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Buffalo TownshipFew work in Marble Hill

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 5.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miLowest 26.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 72.4Highest 4.5Lowest

Schools

School district —SOUTHLAND C-9

High school in town —Southland High

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.9

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

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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.

Marble Hill vs Buffalo Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Marble Hill

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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