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%

Seligman$1,290/mo

Typical home $227K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $797/mo · Housing →

Lilbourn$420/mo

Typical home $67K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.24% · or rent about $646/mo · Housing →

The difference: $870 a month, about $10,500 a year, between Seligman and Lilbourn.

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

SeligmanLilbourn

Snow a year7″7″

January low24°F 28°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)199d 227d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)72nd 91st

Outdoors & history

SeligmanLilbourn

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Archive photos6 10

Community

SeligmanLilbourn

Library hours a week—16 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

240 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SeligmanMO LilbournMO

Seligman ↔ Lilbourn240 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

SeligmanLilbourn

People

Population 941Highest 905Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.5%Highest MO: +2.8% -16.5%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 31±10.9Lowest 21% below MO 31.8±8.1Highest 18% below MO

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

Kids under 18 32.2%±6.1Lowest MO: 22.3% 33.5%±6.2Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 7.3%±2.4Lowest MO: 17.9% 9.3%±4.9Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 4.4%Lowest MO: 32.4% 7.6%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.5%±1.7Lowest MO: 5.7% 3.8%±3.4Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,798±$8kHighest 32% below MO $40,625±$13kLowest 43% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $93,800±$41kHighest 59% below MO $57,300±$22kLowest 75% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $797±$40Highest 23% below MO $646±$89Lowest 37% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $498Lowest 74% below MO $709Highest 64% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.8%±23.3Highest MO: 45.6% 38.8%±13.5Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 25.2%Lowest MO: 12.6% 32.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 48.2%Lowest MO: 68.1% 53.4%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 9 yrs newer than MO 1975Lowest 3 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 44% above MO 21 minLowest 10% below MO

Work from home 1.8%±2Lowest MO: 13% 7%±6.4Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 mi 20.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.36Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Rogers (9%)Sikeston (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LilbournFew work in Seligman

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.4Lowest 125Highest

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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.

Seligman vs Lilbourn

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $870 more a month in Seligman

What daily life feels like in each

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