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%

Tipton$1,100/mo

Typical home $190K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.70% · or rent about $785/mo · Housing →

Sherrill Township$690/mo

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

The difference: $410 a month, about $4,900 a year, between Tipton 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

Tipton places higher on 11 of 18 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

C−TiptonBetter than 18% of districts in the state BSherrill TownshipBetter than 62% of districts in the state

Health

C−TiptonHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns D−Sherrill TownshipHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

11Tipton

7Sherrill Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #102#251 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #106#233 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #138#235 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #107#179 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #170#246 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #179#237 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #197#151 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #199#250

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

TiptonSherrill Township

Snow a year10″11″

January low20°F 21°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)195d 181d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th 54th

Outdoors & history

TiptonSherrill Township

Trails0 mi 19 mi

Conserved land2.3%1.1%

National Register places2 —

Famous people born here5 —

Community

TiptonSherrill Township

Library hours a week32 hrs 39 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

94 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TiptonMO Sherrill TownshipTexas County

Tipton ↔ Sherrill Township94 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

TiptonSherrill Township

People

Population 2,667Lowest 5,408Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -10.5%Lowest MO: +2.8% -5.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 39.6±4.4Highest about the MO average 39.4±3Lowest about the MO average

Tipton 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 MO: 22.3% 19.4%±4.1 MO: 22.3%

Age 65+ 15.6%±4.1Lowest MO: 17.9% 16.4%±2.8Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7%Lowest MO: 32.4% 7.5%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±2Highest MO: 5.7% 1.3%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7%

Tipton 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 $49,257±$6kHighest 30% below MO $46,987±$8kLowest 34% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $130,200±$17kHighest 43% below MO $120,900±$42kLowest 48% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $785±$79Highest 24% below MO $721±$64Lowest 30% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $911Highest 53% below MO $711Lowest 64% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.8%±17.1Lowest MO: 45.6% 54.4%±15.6Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 20.4%Lowest MO: 12.6% 26.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.4%Lowest MO: 68.1% 71.8%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 8 yrs older than MO 1977Highest 1 yr older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 11% below MO 28 minHighest 20% above MO

Work from home 10%±6.9Highest MO: 13% 7.2%±3.6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.5%Lowest 19.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miLowest 32.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.92 0.92

Top workplaceoutside town Jefferson City (15%)Licking (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sherrill TownshipFew work in Tipton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.3%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 18.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 70.9Highest 7.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #197 of 226 in MO #151 of 226 in MO

School district TIPTON R-VIDEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · LICKING R-VIII

High school in town Tipton HighLicking High

Students per teacherat that high school 12.2Lowest 12.3Highest

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.

Tipton vs Sherrill Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Tipton

Tipton places higher on 11 of 18 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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