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%

Whiteman AFB$2,220/mo

Typical home $329K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $1,306/mo · Housing →

Riverside$2,840/mo

Typical home $474K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $959/mo · Housing →

The difference: $630 a month, about $7,500 a year, between Riverside and Whiteman AFB.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

–Whiteman AFBNot graded D−RiversideSafer than 4% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Whiteman AFBBetter than 76% of districts in the state A−RiversideBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

A−Whiteman AFBHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns CRiversideHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

9Whiteman AFB

9Riverside

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #255#51 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #20#188 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #40#221 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #184#27 Cheapest rentCost of living · 256 towns #219#127 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #2#86 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #42#113 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #61#4

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

Whiteman AFBRiverside

Snow a year13″11″

January low19°F 22°F

July high87°F 90°F

Growing season (days)186d 211d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 53rd

Outdoors & history

Whiteman AFBRiverside

Trails13 mi 1 mi

Conserved land7.9%1%

Settled—1951

Community

Whiteman AFBRiverside

Library hours a week—61 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

66 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Whiteman AFBMO RiversideMO

Whiteman AFB ↔ Riverside66 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

Whiteman AFBRiverside

People

Population 3,517Lowest 4,276Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.3%Lowest MO: +2.8% +36.6%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 22.2±0.7Lowest 43% below MO 32±2.9Highest 18% below MO

Kids under 18 34.2%±4.8Highest MO: 22.3% 24.8%±6.3Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 0%±1.2Lowest MO: 17.9% 11.7%±3.2Highest MO: 17.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 49.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 37.3%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 13.4%±4Highest MO: 5.7% 6.9%±3.8Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,641±$9kHighest 23% below MO $52,006±$30kLowest 26% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $328,800±$44kLowest 43% above MO $411,300±$107kHighest 79% above MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,306±$81Highest 26% above MO $959±$34Lowest 7% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly — $3,720 91% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.2%±10.6Lowest MO: 45.6% 39.3%±13.8Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 13.3%Lowest MO: 12.6% 17.3%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 3.7%Lowest MO: 68.1% 42.4%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 26 yrs newer than MO 1977Lowest 1 yr older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 10 minLowest 57% below MO 20 minHighest 15% below MO

Work from home 5.8%±3.6Lowest MO: 13% 20.3%±7.6Highest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 5.1%Lowest 5.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 59.3 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.84Lowest 3.89Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Warrensburg (11%)Kansas City (38%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RiversideFew work in Whiteman AFB

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.9%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 13.0 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.9 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 22.8Lowest 34.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #61 of 226 in MO #4 of 226 in MO

School district KNOB NOSTER R-VIIIPARK HILL

High school in town None in townPark Hill South High

Students per teacherat that high school — 16.9

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.

Whiteman AFB vs Riverside

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $630 more a month in Riverside

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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