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%

Salem Township$470/mo

Typical home $81K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · or rent about $565/mo · Housing →

Bloomfield$890/mo

Typical home $150K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $783/mo · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,100 a year, between Bloomfield and Salem Township.

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

C−Salem TownshipBetter than 15% of districts in the state –BloomfieldNot graded

Health

D−Salem TownshipHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns DBloomfieldHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

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

Salem TownshipBloomfield

Snow a year4″3″

January low—28°F

July high—91°F

Growing season (days)—225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 81st

Outdoors & history

Salem TownshipBloomfield

Trails9 mi —

Conserved land3.9%—

Settled1845 1824

National Register places—2

Archive photos10 3

Community

Salem TownshipBloomfield

Library hours a week20 hrs 39 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

56 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Salem TownshipDunklin County BloomfieldMO

Salem Township ↔ Bloomfield56 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

Salem TownshipBloomfield

People

Population 2,439Highest 2,069Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -15.1%Lowest MO: +2.8% -9.2%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 37±5.7Lowest 5% below MO 40.1±7.2Highest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 28.7%±4.7Highest MO: 22.3% 21.8%±6.5Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 17.2%±3.1Lowest MO: 17.9% 21.6%±2.8Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.9%Highest MO: 32.4% 7.8%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±1.7Lowest MO: 5.7% 2.7%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $40,352±$9kLowest 43% below MO $41,838±$6kHighest 41% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $80,700±$17kHighest 65% below MO $67,100±$4kLowest 71% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $565±$117Lowest 45% below MO $783±$182Highest 24% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $554Lowest 72% below MO $580Highest 70% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.4%±8.4Lowest MO: 45.6% 69.3%±16.2Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 23.1%Lowest MO: 12.6% 25.1%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64%Lowest MO: 68.1% 70.8%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO 1962Lowest 16 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 16% above MO 27 minHighest 16% above MO

Work from home 2.2%±1.9Lowest MO: 13% 8.4%±7.4Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 13.2%Highest 5.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Highest 0.59Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kennett (12%)Dexter (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BloomfieldFew work in Salem Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 8.8 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 4.8Lowest 111Highest

Schools

School district SENATH-HORNERSVILLE C-8—

High school in town Senath-Hornersville High Schoo—

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3 —

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.

Salem Township vs Bloomfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Bloomfield

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

56 miles apart

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