Next-door neighbors in Texas County. The biggest differences: property tax bill (+61% in Pierce Township) and conserved land (+27.9 pts in Ozark Township).
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.
Everything, side by side
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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.
Pierce TownshipOzark Township
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People
Population335Highest251Lowest
Median age59.3±12Highest 52% above MO47±29.5Lowest 21% above MO
Pierce Township and Ozark Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1825.1%±12.4Lowest MO: 22.3%35.1%±26.6Highest MO: 22.3%
Ozark Township and Pierce Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+10.1%±11.6Lowest MO: 17.9%21.5%±16.7Highest MO: 17.9%
Ozark Township and Pierce Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.