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

D−SikestonSafer than 2% of U.S. towns DOverlandSafer than 14% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+SikestonBetter than 37% of districts in the state DOverlandBetter than 5% of districts in the state

Health

DSikestonHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns C−OverlandHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns

9Sikeston

13Overland

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #240#79 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #191#37 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #219#94 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #179#68 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #235#138 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #84#178 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #44#96 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #109#177

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sikeston’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Sikeston$950/mo

Typical home $164K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $891/mo · Housing →

Overland$1,000/mo

Typical home $154K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.51% · or rent about $1,112/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

SikestonOverland

Snow a year3″17″

January low28°F 24°F

July high91°F 90°F

Growing season (days)225d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 43rd

Outdoors & history

SikestonOverland

Trails13 mi 2 mi

Conserved land1.5%2.5%

Settled1860 —

National Register places3 1

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—7

Community

SikestonOverland

Library hours a week54 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

132 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SikestonMO OverlandMO

Sikeston ↔ Overland132 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

SikestonOverland

People

Population 16,320Highest 15,695Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.2%Highest MO: +2.8% -0.7%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 38.2±2.6Highest about the MO average 34.7±4.7Lowest 11% below MO

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

Kids under 18 25.3%±2.6Highest MO: 22.3% 22.5%±3.9Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 21.7%±2.4Highest MO: 17.9% 13%±2.4Lowest MO: 17.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.5%Lowest MO: 32.4% 29.6%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±1.1Lowest MO: 5.7% 3.9%±1.4Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,915±$4kLowest 17% below MO $61,773±$5kHighest 13% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,800±$11kHighest 27% below MO $131,900±$9kLowest 43% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $891±$51Lowest 14% below MO $1,112±$76Highest 8% above MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,148Lowest 41% below MO $1,992Highest about the MO average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.5%±9.4Highest MO: 45.6% 49.3%±10.4Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 14.2%Highest MO: 12.6% 9.7%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.5%Lowest MO: 68.1% 62.7%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 3 yrs older than MO 1955Lowest 23 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 33% below MO 20 minHighest 14% below MO

Work from home 3.7%±1.4Lowest MO: 13% 10.7%±2.5Highest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 44%Highest 3.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miLowest 7.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.63Highest 1.58Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cape Girardeau (6%)St. Louis (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in OverlandFew work in Sikeston

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Lowest 2.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 12.7 miHighest 1.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.6Lowest 107Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #160 of 226 in MO #212 of 226 in MO

School district DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE · SIKESTON R-6RITENOUR

High school in town Sikeston Senior High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 15.6 —

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.

Sikeston vs Overland

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Overland places higher on 13 of 23 MO lists

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

132 miles apart

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