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%

Marshall$1,120/mo

Typical home $188K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $761/mo · Housing →

Neosho$1,340/mo

Typical home $233K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $745/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Neosho and Marshall.

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

Marshall 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

BMarshallSafer than 59% of U.S. towns CNeoshoSafer than 30% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−MarshallBetter than 15% of districts in the state C+NeoshoBetter than 40% of districts in the state

Health

C+MarshallHealthier than 39% of U.S. towns C−NeoshoHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

12Marshall

11Neosho

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #135#14 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #200#16 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #158#40 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #69#22 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #204#111 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #129#34 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #66#151 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #94#179

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

MarshallNeosho

Snow a year8″8″

January low19°F 25°F

July high88°F 90°F

Growing season (days)196d 206d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 71st

Outdoors & history

MarshallNeosho

Trails2 mi 22 mi

Conserved land1.9%5.8%

Settled1839 1829

National Register places6 6

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here20 15

Community

MarshallNeosho

Library hours a week52 hrs 46 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

169 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MarshallMO NeoshoMO

Marshall ↔ Neosho169 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

MarshallNeosho

People

Population 13,739Highest 13,224Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.7%Lowest MO: +2.8% +6.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 30.9±1.2Lowest 21% below MO 33±2.7Highest 15% below MO

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

Kids under 18 21.7%±2.4Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.9%±3.1Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 14.7%±1.9Lowest MO: 17.9% 14.9%±2.3Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.4%Highest MO: 32.4% 21.7%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 14.9%±2.2Highest MO: 5.7% 6.7%±1.4Lowest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,437±$5kLowest 23% below MO $57,891±$5kHighest 18% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $147,900±$11kLowest 36% below MO $163,400±$12kHighest 29% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $761±$61Highest 26% below MO $745±$95Lowest 28% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,236Highest 37% below MO $1,044Lowest 46% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.8%±9.4Highest MO: 45.6% 36.7%±10.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 17.1%Highest MO: 12.6% 15.2%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.4%Highest MO: 68.1% 61.5%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 7 yrs older than MO 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 38% below MO 19 minHighest 19% below MO

Work from home 3.8%±1.2Lowest MO: 13% 5%±2.2Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 43.2%Highest 28%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.07Lowest 1.20Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbia (5%)Joplin (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in NeoshoFew work in Marshall

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 5.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 21.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 57.9Highest 45.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #204 of 226 in MO #111 of 226 in MO

School district MARSHALLCROWDER COLLEGE · NEOSHO SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town Marshall SR. HighNeosho High

Students per teacherat that high school 14.2Lowest 18.1Highest

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.

Marshall vs Neosho

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Neosho

Marshall places higher on 12 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

169 miles apart

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