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

DSullivanSafer than 5% of U.S. towns CBoonvilleSafer than 25% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−SullivanBetter than 76% of districts in the state BBoonvilleBetter than 60% of districts in the state

Health

C−SullivanHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns C−BoonvilleHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

10Sullivan

10Boonville

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #203#51 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #96#6 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #53#132 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #54#122 SafestSafety · 156 towns #140#98 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #120#56 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #131#191 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #158#217

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

Sullivan$1,250/mo

Typical home $211K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $919/mo · Housing →

Boonville$1,160/mo

Typical home $200K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $767/mo · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Sullivan and Boonville.

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

SullivanBoonville

Snow a year8″13″

January low—21°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—206d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 41st

Outdoors & history

SullivanBoonville

Trails0 mi 6 mi

Conserved land2.2%3.4%

Settled—1817

National Register places2 30

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—28

Community

SullivanBoonville

Library hours a week59 hrs 54 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

100 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SullivanMO BoonvilleMO

Sullivan ↔ Boonville100 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

SullivanBoonville

People

Population 6,310Lowest 7,689Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.5%Highest MO: +2.8% -4.3%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 39.4±4.1Highest about the MO average 39.1±1.4Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 24.1%±4.5Highest MO: 22.3% 21.9%±2.4Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 20.3%±3.4Highest MO: 17.9% 19.9%±2.8Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.9%Lowest MO: 32.4% 21.6%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±1.4 MO: 5.7% 2.1%±0.9 MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,370±$8kHighest 10% below MO $56,429±$9kLowest 20% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $163,200±$7kLowest 29% below MO $187,900±$23kHighest 18% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $919±$56Highest 11% below MO $767±$105Lowest 26% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,372Highest 30% below MO $1,265Lowest 35% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41%±9.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 41.7%±10.9Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 11.4%Lowest MO: 12.6% 14.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.4%Lowest MO: 68.1% 63.1%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 2 yrs older than MO 1965Lowest 13 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 7% below MO 25 minHighest 7% above MO

Work from home 5.4%±2.7Highest MO: 13% 3.2%±1.6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 26.2%Lowest 28.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 22.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.43Highest 1.05Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Union (4%)Columbia (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BoonvilleFew work in Sullivan

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miLowest 5.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 56.6Highest 35.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #53 of 226 in MO #132 of 226 in MO

School district SULLIVANDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · BOONVILLE R-I

High school in town Sullivan SR. HighBoonville High

Students per teacherat that high school 13.9Lowest 15.1Highest

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.

Sullivan vs Boonville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Grades and rankings, side by side

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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