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%

Mokane$1,840/mo

Typical home $301K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Cosby$2,180/mo

Typical home $365K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $778/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Cosby and Mokane.

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

MokaneCosby

Snow a year9″21″

January low21°F 15°F

July high88°F 87°F

Growing season (days)205d 180d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 44th

Outdoors & history

MokaneCosby

Settled—1885

Archive photos6 3

Famous people born here—2

Community

MokaneCosby

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

171 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MokaneMO CosbyMO

Mokane ↔ Cosby171 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

MokaneCosby

People

Population 257Highest 130Lowest

Median age 27.6±0.3Lowest 29% below MO 27.7±14.9Highest 29% below MO

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

Kids under 18 30%±29.4Lowest MO: 22.3% 36.2%±17.2Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 6.6%±10Highest MO: 17.9% 3.8%±26.5Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.9%Lowest MO: 32.4% 12.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6.6Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.2%±12Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $90,143±$21kHighest 27% above MO $57,917±$43kLowest 18% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $108,600±$17kHighest 53% below MO $106,300±$21kLowest 54% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$224Lowest 25% below MO $778±$500Highest 25% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,146Highest 41% below MO $940Lowest 52% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MO: 45.6% 90.9%±100Highest MO: 45.6%

Cosby and Mokane 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% 3.1%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Highest MO: 68.1% 76.1%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 40 yrs older than MO 1947Highest 31 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 18% above MO 26 minLowest 11% above MO

Work from home 0%±13.3Lowest MO: 13% 30%±26.7Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Lowest 0.46Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fulton (28%)St. Joseph (67%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CosbyFew work in Mokane

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 120Lowest 138Highest

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.

Mokane vs Cosby

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Cosby

What daily life feels like in each

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