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%

Queen City$390/mo

Typical home $67K (Census) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $383/mo · Housing →

Ridgeway$490/mo

Typical home $83K (Census) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $435/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Ridgeway and Queen City.

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−Queen CityBetter than 47% of districts in the state –RidgewayNot 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

Queen CityRidgeway

Snow a year23″21″

January low—16°F

July high—87°F

Growing season (days)—186d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 44th

Outdoors & history

Queen CityRidgeway

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1867 —

Community

Queen CityRidgeway

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

72 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Queen CityMO RidgewayMO

Queen City ↔ Ridgeway72 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

Queen CityRidgeway

People

Population 650Highest 478Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6% MO: +2.8% —

Median age 49.8±4.5Highest 28% above MO 46.5±7.4Lowest 19% above MO

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

Kids under 18 23.2%±6Highest MO: 22.3% 20.9%±6.4Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 23.7%±6.9Highest MO: 17.9% 16.9%±4Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 1.4%Lowest MO: 32.4% 6.5%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.2%±6Highest MO: 5.7% 1%±2.7Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,884±$8kHighest 31% below MO $39,000±$13kLowest 45% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $66,900±$35kLowest 71% below MO $83,100±$22kHighest 64% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $383±$35Lowest 63% below MO $435±$380Highest 58% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $487Lowest 75% below MO $606Highest 69% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 23.3%±30.3Lowest MO: 45.6% 25.6%±58Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 10.6%Lowest MO: 12.6% 34.5%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.1%Highest MO: 68.1% 63.3%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Highest 14 yrs older than MO 1956Lowest 22 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 9% above MO 16 minLowest 33% below MO

Work from home 2.6%±3Highest MO: 13% 0%±9.6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.7%Highest 3.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 20.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.37Highest 0.68Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kirksville (19%)Bethany (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RidgewayFew work in Queen City

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.9Highest 54.2Lowest

Schools

School district SCHUYLER CO. R-I—

High school in town Schuyler Co. High—

Students per teacherat that high school 10.7 —

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.

Queen City vs Ridgeway

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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