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%

Republic$1,580/mo

Typical home $270K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $1,123/mo · Housing →

Ozark$1,890/mo

Typical home $321K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $1,097/mo · Housing →

The difference: $300 a month, about $3,600 a year, between Ozark and Republic.

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

Ozark places higher on 15 of 23 MO lists

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.

Safety

BRepublicSafer than 63% of U.S. towns B+OzarkSafer than 71% of U.S. towns

Schools

ARepublicBetter than 92% of districts in the state A+OzarkBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

C+RepublicHealthier than 44% of U.S. towns BOzarkHealthier than 59% of U.S. towns

5Republic

15Ozark

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #53#1 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #119#68 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #149#109 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #190#155 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #101#66 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #171#204 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #143#173 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #92#64

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

RepublicOzark

Snow a year14″7″

January low24°F 21°F

July high90°F 89°F

Growing season (days)199d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)37th 44th

Outdoors & history

RepublicOzark

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.9%1.5%

Settled1871 1818

National Register places1 2

Archive photos3 12

Famous people born here3 1

Community

RepublicOzark

Library hours a week57 hrs 58 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

14 miles apart

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

RepublicOzark

Republic ↔ Ozark14 miles apart

Who commutes between them

133 Republic residents work in Ozark (1.6% of its workers)

116 Ozark residents work in Republic (1.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Republic →

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

RepublicOzark

People

Population 19,829Lowest 22,417Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +27.1%Highest MO: +2.8% +19.4%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 33.2±2.6Lowest 15% below MO 33.8±1.6Highest 13% below MO

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

Kids under 18 27%±3.5Lowest MO: 22.3% 27.9%±2.8Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 15.8%±2.7Highest MO: 17.9% 14.6%±2Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.3%Lowest MO: 32.4% 30.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.4 MO: 5.7% 4%±1 MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,729±$4kLowest 7% below MO $74,182±$6kHighest 5% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $211,500±$12kLowest 8% below MO $254,800±$14kHighest 11% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,123±$75Highest 9% above MO $1,097±$84Lowest 6% above MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,578Lowest 19% below MO $1,926Highest about the MO average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.8%±8.8Highest MO: 45.6% 38.1%±5.5Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 17.7%Highest MO: 12.6% 12.6%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.1%Lowest MO: 68.1% 62.6%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Lowest 23 yrs newer than MO 2002Highest 24 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 6% above MO 24 minLowest about the MO average

Work from home 9.6%±2.8Highest MO: 13% 8%±1.9Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 11.4%Highest 11%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.64Lowest 0.75Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Springfield (57%)Springfield (52%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Ozark1% work in Republic

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miLowest 2.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 59.0Lowest 68.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #22 of 226 in MO #17 of 226 in MO

School district REPUBLIC R-IIIOZARK R-VI

High school in town Republic HighOzark High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.9Highest 14.9Lowest

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.

Republic vs Ozark

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $300 more a month in Ozark

Ozark places higher on 15 of 23 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

14 miles apart

What matters to you?

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