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%

Pike Township$710/mo

Typical home $122K (Census) · tax rate 0.65% · or rent about $563/mo · Housing →

Castor Township$600/mo

Typical home $102K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $765/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Pike Township and Castor 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.

Where they are

Pike Township and Castor Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Pike TownshipCastor Township

Pike Township ↔ Castor Township12 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

47 Castor Township residents work in Pike Township (2.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Castor Township →

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

A−Pike TownshipBetter than 84% of districts in the state A−Castor TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

DPike TownshipHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns DCastor TownshipHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

8Pike Township

8Castor Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #225#172 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #5#54 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #131#179 Most educatedPeople · 261 towns #177#219 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #65#38 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #205#236 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #90#108 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #51#23

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

Pike TownshipCastor Township

Snow a year3″3″

January low28°F 28°F

July high91°F 91°F

Growing season (days)225d 225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 81st

Outdoors & history

Pike TownshipCastor Township

Trails61 mi 34 mi

Conserved land0.3%1.3%

Community

Pike TownshipCastor Township

Library hours a week19 hrs 39 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.

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

Pike TownshipCastor Township

People

Population 3,605Lowest 4,679Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.9%Highest MO: +2.8% -9.7%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 43.1±4.6Lowest 11% above MO 44.2±3.6Highest 13% above MO

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

Kids under 18 19.4%±3Lowest MO: 22.3% 20.2%±4.2Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.4%±2.9Lowest MO: 17.9% 22.6%±3.8Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 14%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7% 2.2%±1Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,313±$8kHighest 13% below MO $57,125±$13kLowest 19% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $122,000±$12kHighest 47% below MO $101,900±$23kLowest 56% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $563±$342Lowest 45% below MO $765±$71Highest 26% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $796Highest 59% below MO $795Lowest 59% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.6%±7.3Lowest MO: 45.6% 49.7%±10.2Highest MO: 45.6%

Below poverty line 18.3%Highest MO: 12.6% 14.2%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.3%Highest MO: 68.1% 76.9%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Highest 1 yr newer than MO 1975Lowest 3 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 19% above MO 26 minLowest 12% above MO

Work from home 4.1%±2.2Lowest MO: 13% 4.8%±3.2Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.5%Highest 9.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.87Highest 0.49Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cape Girardeau (14%)Dexter (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Castor Township3% work in Pike Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 60.6 miHighest 34.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.8Lowest 4.7Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #65 of 226 in MO #38 of 226 in MO

School district ADVANCE R-IV · BELL CITY R-IIBLOOMFIELD R-XIV

High school in town Advance HighBloomfield High

Students per teacherat that high school 12.6Highest 10.8Lowest

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.

Pike Township vs Castor Township

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