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%

Purcell$520/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $870/mo · Housing →

Deepwater$600/mo

Typical home $100K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $686/mo · Housing →

The difference: $80 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Deepwater and Purcell.

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

PurcellDeepwater

Snow a year8″11″

January low—19°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—187d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 54th

Outdoors & history

PurcellDeepwater

Settled—1885

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—3

Community

PurcellDeepwater

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

79 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PurcellMO DeepwaterMO

Purcell ↔ Deepwater79 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

PurcellDeepwater

People

Population 324Highest 320Lowest

Median age 39.7±13.5Highest about the MO average 38.5±6.9Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 31.8%±8.1Highest MO: 22.3% 24.4%±7Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 18.8%±10.4Highest MO: 17.9% 17.8%±5.4Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 7.2%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.6%±3.8Lowest MO: 5.7% 0.9%±4.1Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $29,722±$12k 58% below MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $87,700±$9kHighest 62% below MO $81,300±$19kLowest 65% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $870±$413Highest 16% below MO $686±$279Lowest 34% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $721Lowest 63% below MO $767Highest 61% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.7%±100Lowest MO: 45.6% 53.8%±80.1Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 31.5%Lowest MO: 12.6% 36.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.3%Lowest MO: 68.1% 75.8%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1945Lowest 33 yrs older than MO 1971Highest 7 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 55% above MO 23 minLowest about the MO average

Work from home 5.5%±7.8Lowest MO: 13% 13.1%±12.4Highest MO: 13%

Deepwater and Purcell 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 11.8 miLowest 15.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.09Highest 0.04Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Joplin (25%)Clinton (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeepwaterFew work in Purcell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 49.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 100Highest 90.4Lowest

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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What daily life feels like in each

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