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%

Marshfield$1,500/mo

Typical home $260K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $710/mo · Housing →

Harrisonville$1,770/mo

Typical home $300K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $944/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Harrisonville and Marshfield.

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

Marshfield places higher on 11 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

C−MarshfieldSafer than 20% of U.S. towns C−HarrisonvilleSafer than 24% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+MarshfieldBetter than 37% of districts in the state C−HarrisonvilleBetter than 20% of districts in the state

Health

CMarshfieldHealthier than 31% of U.S. towns CHarrisonvilleHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns

11Marshfield

9Harrisonville

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #189#19 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #62#200 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #147#39 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #42#137 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #128#74 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #139#227 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #38#124 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #97#148

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

MarshfieldHarrisonville

Snow a year5″17″

January low22°F 21°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)191d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 41st

Outdoors & history

MarshfieldHarrisonville

Trails1 mi 6 mi

Conserved land1.7%5.1%

Settled1830 1837

National Register places1 3

Archive photos9 —

Famous people born here5 —

Community

MarshfieldHarrisonville

Library hours a week51 hrs 61 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

120 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MarshfieldMO HarrisonvilleMO

Marshfield ↔ Harrisonville120 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

MarshfieldHarrisonville

People

Population 7,696Lowest 9,970Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +12.4%Highest MO: +2.8% +1%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 36±5Lowest 8% below MO 37.2±2.7Highest 5% below MO

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

Kids under 18 25.9%±4.9Highest MO: 22.3% 24.3%±3.9Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.4%±3.5Highest MO: 17.9% 16.4%±2.6Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19%Highest MO: 32.4% 15%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±2Highest MO: 5.7% 3.5%±1.6Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $67,642±$5kHighest 4% below MO $62,473±$10kLowest 12% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $204,700±$20kLowest 11% below MO $209,200±$21kHighest 9% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $710±$109Lowest 31% below MO $944±$55Highest 9% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,259Lowest 35% below MO $1,642Highest 16% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.1%±10.5Lowest MO: 45.6% 34.3%±9.4Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 18.1%Highest MO: 12.6% 7.2%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64.4%Highest MO: 68.1% 64.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Highest 1 yr newer than MO 1976Lowest 2 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 6% below MO 28 minHighest 18% above MO

Work from home 5.5%±3.2Lowest MO: 13% 5.7%±2.4Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 22.6%Highest 18.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 21.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.28Highest 1.26Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Springfield (40%)Kansas City (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HarrisonvilleFew work in Marshfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 5.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 6.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 5Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 87.0Highest 43.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #166 of 226 in MO #142 of 226 in MO

School district MARSHFIELD R-IHARRISONVILLE R-IX

High school in town Marshfield HighHarrisonville High

Students per teacherat that high school 14.6Lowest 16.7Highest

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.

Marshfield vs Harrisonville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Harrisonville

Marshfield places higher on 11 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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