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%

Sherrill Township$690/mo

Typical home $121K (Census) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $721/mo · Housing →

Aurora$1,040/mo

Typical home $178K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Aurora and Sherrill 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

Aurora places higher on 11 of 19 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.

Schools

BSherrill TownshipBetter than 62% of districts in the state CAuroraBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

D−Sherrill TownshipHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns D−AuroraHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns

7Sherrill Township

11Aurora

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#170 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #179#52 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #251#115 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #233#101 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #92#203 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #151#220 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #42#86 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #243#203

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

Sherrill TownshipAurora

Snow a year11″12″

January low21°F 22°F

July high88°F 90°F

Growing season (days)181d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 41st

Outdoors & history

Sherrill TownshipAurora

Trails19 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.1%4.6%

Settled—1870

National Register places—1

Archive photos—21

Famous people born here—8

Community

Sherrill TownshipAurora

Library hours a week39 hrs 54 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

110 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Sherrill TownshipTexas County AuroraMO

Sherrill Township ↔ Aurora110 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

Sherrill TownshipAurora

People

Population 5,408Lowest 7,397Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.4%Lowest MO: +2.8% -3.8%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 39.4±3Lowest about the MO average 43.2±3.3Highest 11% above MO

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

Kids under 18 19.4%±4.1Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.2%±5.4Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 16.4%±2.8Lowest MO: 17.9% 18.7%±3.7Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.5%Lowest MO: 32.4% 12%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.3%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7% 1.8%±1.5Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,987±$8kLowest 34% below MO $49,848±$10kHighest 29% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $120,900±$42kLowest 48% below MO $124,400±$28kHighest 46% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $721±$64Lowest 30% below MO $823±$120Highest 20% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $711Lowest 64% below MO $867Highest 55% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.4%±15.6Highest MO: 45.6% 37.9%±17.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 26.3%Highest MO: 12.6% 18.1%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.8%Highest MO: 68.1% 68.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 1 yr older than MO 1973Lowest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 20% above MO 21 minLowest 13% below MO

Work from home 7.2%±3.6Lowest MO: 13% 8.9%±5.3Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.2%Highest 16.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.3 miHighest 23.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.92Highest 0.70Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Licking (16%)Springfield (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AuroraFew work in Sherrill Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Lowest 4.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 18.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 7.4Lowest 67.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #151 of 226 in MO #156 of 226 in MO

School district DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · LICKING R-VIIIAURORA R-VIII

High school in town Licking HighAurora High

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3Lowest 13.5Highest

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.

Sherrill Township vs Aurora

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Aurora

Aurora places higher on 11 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

110 miles apart

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