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%

Union Township$570/mo

Typical home $99K (Census) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $658/mo · Housing →

Desloge$1,010/mo

Typical home $170K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $636/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Desloge and Union 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

Desloge places higher on 14 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

C−Union TownshipBetter than 23% of districts in the state C+DeslogeBetter than 42% of districts in the state

Health

D−Union TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns DDeslogeHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns

4Union Township

14Desloge

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #259#57 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #242#98 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #251#104 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #172#69 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 261 towns #179#86 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #239#171 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #194#130 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #243#179

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

Union TownshipDesloge

Snow a year3″9″

January low—23°F

July high—89°F

Growing season (days)—191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 52nd

Outdoors & history

Union TownshipDesloge

Trails46 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.4%2.5%

Settled1845 1941

National Register places1 —

Archive photos1 —

Community

Union TownshipDesloge

Library hours a week15 hrs 40 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

95 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Union TownshipDunklin County DeslogeMO

Union Township ↔ Desloge95 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

Union TownshipDesloge

People

Population 3,349Lowest 4,863Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -17%Lowest MO: +2.8% -4.6%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 37.8±5.9Lowest 3% below MO 38.1±9.1Highest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 25.9%±5.4Highest MO: 22.3% 23.8%±6.2Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 15.9%±3.6Lowest MO: 17.9% 19.9%±4.8Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.9%Lowest MO: 32.4% 13.5%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7% 0.6%±1.1Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,938±$15kLowest 28% below MO $60,820±$15kHighest 14% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $98,500±$26kLowest 57% below MO $127,500±$28kHighest 45% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $658±$88Highest 36% below MO $636±$157Lowest 38% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $655Lowest 66% below MO $1,078Highest 45% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.7%±34.5Highest MO: 45.6% 36.9%±24.2Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 20%Highest MO: 12.6% 15.7%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77%Highest MO: 68.1% 76.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 5 yrs older than MO 1978Highest same as MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest about the MO average 19 minLowest 20% below MO

Work from home 2.5%±2.6Lowest MO: 13% 10.6%±8Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 14.2%Highest 5.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.48Lowest 0.56Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Campbell (11%)Farmington (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeslogeFew work in Union Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.4%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 45.6 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.3Lowest 90.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #182 of 226 in MO #171 of 226 in MO

School district CAMPBELL R-IINORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I

High school in town Campbell HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 11.8 —

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.

Union Township vs Desloge

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Desloge

Desloge places higher on 14 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

95 miles apart

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