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%

St. Ann$1,040/mo

Typical home $159K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.58% · or rent about $976/mo · Housing →

Neosho$1,340/mo

Typical home $233K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $745/mo · Housing →

The difference: $300 a month, about $3,600 a year, between Neosho and St. Ann.

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

Neosho places higher on 11 of 22 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

C+St. AnnSafer than 35% of U.S. towns CNeoshoSafer than 30% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−St. AnnBetter than 17% of districts in the state C+NeoshoBetter than 40% of districts in the state

Health

C−St. AnnHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns C−NeoshoHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

10St. Ann

11Neosho

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #185#40 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #34#192 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #80#201 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #179#61 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #68#179 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #205#111 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #131#237 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #141#47

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

St. AnnNeosho

Snow a year17″8″

January low24°F 25°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)215d 206d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 71st

Outdoors & history

St. AnnNeosho

Trails2 mi 22 mi

Conserved land7.4%5.8%

Settled1948 1829

National Register places1 6

Archive photos7 12

Famous people born here1 15

Community

St. AnnNeosho

Library hours a week64 hrs 46 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

254 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

St. AnnMO NeoshoMO

St. Ann ↔ Neosho254 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

St. AnnNeosho

People

Population 12,811Lowest 13,224Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census 0%Lowest MO: +2.8% +6.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 34.8±1.6Highest 11% below MO 33±2.7Lowest 15% below MO

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

Kids under 18 23.6%±3.7Lowest MO: 22.3% 24.9%±3.1Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 16.4%±3.1Highest MO: 17.9% 14.9%±2.3Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.4%Lowest MO: 32.4% 21.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.6%±2.5Lowest MO: 5.7% 6.7%±1.4Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,323±$4kLowest 26% below MO $57,891±$5kHighest 18% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $126,600±$13kLowest 45% below MO $163,400±$12kHighest 29% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $976±$103Highest 6% below MO $745±$95Lowest 28% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,997Highest about the MO average $1,044Lowest 46% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41%±9.5Highest MO: 45.6% 36.7%±10.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 13%Lowest MO: 12.6% 15.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.4%Lowest MO: 68.1% 61.5%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 21 yrs older than MO 1973Highest 5 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 10% below MO 19 minLowest 19% below MO

Work from home 12.4%±3.3Highest MO: 13% 5%±2.2Lowest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 2.1%Lowest 28%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Lowest 1.20Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (13%)Joplin (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in NeoshoFew work in St. Ann

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.4%Highest 5.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 21.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7 7

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 111Highest 45.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #205 of 226 in MO #111 of 226 in MO

School district PATTONVILLE R-III · RITENOURCROWDER COLLEGE · NEOSHO SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town None in townNeosho High

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.1

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

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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.

St. Ann vs Neosho

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $300 more a month in Neosho

Neosho places higher on 11 of 22 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

254 miles apart

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