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%

Pineville$1,540/mo

Typical home $277K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.37% · or rent about $640/mo · Housing →

Asbury$1,510/mo

Typical home $259K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $1,141/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

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

B−PinevilleBetter than 50% of districts in the state –AsburyNot graded

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

PinevilleAsbury

Snow a year9″8″

January low25°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)191d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)92nd 68th

Outdoors & history

PinevilleAsbury

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1847 1896

National Register places2 —

Community

PinevilleAsbury

Library hours a week54 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

50 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PinevilleMO AsburyMO

Pineville ↔ Asbury50 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

PinevilleAsbury

People

Population 736Highest 459Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.4% MO: +2.8% —

Median age 46.6±12.3Lowest 19% above MO 47.3±15.9Highest 21% above MO

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

Kids under 18 19.8%±4.4Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.6%±14.4Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 31.8%±10.6Highest MO: 17.9% 10.5%±11Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.2%Lowest MO: 32.4% 21.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±3.5Highest MO: 5.7% 0%±3.7Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $30,978±$11k 56% below MO —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $213,100±$47kHighest 7% below MO $117,500±$27kLowest 49% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $640±$144Lowest 38% below MO $1,141±$127Highest 10% above MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $788Lowest 60% below MO $841Highest 57% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.8%±27.1Highest MO: 45.6% 23.1%±100Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 20.6%Highest MO: 12.6% 4.8%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 38.4%Lowest MO: 68.1% 45.9%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Lowest same as MO 1998Highest 20 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 22% above MO 44 minHighest 88% above MO

Work from home 9.6%±11.7Highest MO: 13% 9.1%±10.5Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.01Highest 0.05Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bentonville (12%)Joplin (34%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AsburyFew work in Pineville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 26.8Lowest 81.9Highest

Schools

School district MCDONALD CO. R-I—

High school in town None in town—

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

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