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%

Rogersville$1,910/mo

Typical home $332K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $972/mo · Housing →

St. Robert$1,380/mo

Typical home $239K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.61% · or rent about $1,087/mo · Housing →

The difference: $530 a month, about $6,400 a year, between Rogersville and St. Robert.

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

Rogersville places higher on 11 of 20 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

B+RogersvilleSafer than 73% of U.S. towns –St. RobertNot graded

Schools

BRogersvilleBetter than 62% of districts in the state B+St. RobertBetter than 69% of districts in the state

Health

C+RogersvilleHealthier than 39% of U.S. towns C+St. RobertHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns

11Rogersville

8St. Robert

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #213#65 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #240#92 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #94#222 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #86#179 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #209#137 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #2#34 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #135#169 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #179#146

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

RogersvilleSt. Robert

Snow a year5″10″

January low22°F 22°F

July high88°F 89°F

Growing season (days)191d 185d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 31st

Outdoors & history

RogersvilleSt. Robert

Trails0 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.5%0.7%

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

RogersvilleSt. Robert

Library hours a week42 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 1

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

71 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RogersvilleMO St. RobertMO

Rogersville ↔ St. Robert71 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

RogersvilleSt. Robert

People

Population 4,908Lowest 5,356Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +26.8%Highest MO: +2.8% +19.6%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 31.8±4.3Lowest 18% below MO 32.8±5.7Highest 16% below MO

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

Kids under 18 33.2%±5.5Highest MO: 22.3% 22.1%±4.9Lowest MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 5.8%±3Lowest MO: 17.9% 13.1%±3.6Highest MO: 17.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31%Lowest MO: 32.4% 32.8%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±3Lowest MO: 5.7% 7.2%±2.9Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,485±$15kHighest about the MO average $62,641±$8kLowest 11% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $217,900±$24kLowest 5% below MO $225,300±$23kHighest about the MO average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $972±$94Lowest 6% below MO $1,087±$123Highest 5% above MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,303Lowest 33% below MO $1,384Highest 29% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.1%±19.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 41.5%±14.8Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 10.9%Lowest MO: 12.6% 19.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.6%Lowest MO: 68.1% 63%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2000Lowest 22 yrs newer than MO 2001Highest 23 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 14% above MO 19 minLowest 21% below MO

Work from home 4.4%±2.7Lowest MO: 13% 8.3%±4.9Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.1%Lowest 15.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.60Lowest 1.97Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Springfield (54%)Fort Leonard Wood (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in St. RobertFew work in Rogersville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 0.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 2.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 74.5Highest 31.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #78 of 226 in MO #100 of 226 in MO

School district LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE R-VIIIWAYNESVILLE R-VI

High school in town Logan-Rogersville HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 14.8 —

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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1 neighbor in Rogersville can answer.

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1 neighbor in St. Robert can answer.

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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.

Rogersville vs St. Robert

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $530 more a month in Rogersville

Rogersville places higher on 11 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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