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Greenwood, MO vs Vauxhall, NJ

Greenwood

Missouri

vs

Vauxhall

New Jersey

Across 37 directional measures we can compare, Greenwood leads on 26 and Vauxhall on 11. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 1% higher in Vauxhall, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,809$1,830
Greenwood is 1% lower
Median household income
$107,250$111,421
Greenwood is 4% lower
Median home value
$286,100$360,000
Greenwood is 21% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $91,200 a year left in Greenwood and $85,100 in Vauxhall. Money goes further in Greenwood, by about $6,200 a year.
  • A household earning Greenwood's median of $107,250 would need about $118,000 in Vauxhall to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 1.2 points a year in Greenwood, and pay outran rent by 7.7 points a year in Vauxhall.

How these are calculated

New JerseyMissouriVauxhall, NJGreenwood, MOGreenwoodVauxhallGreenwoodVauxhall

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Your weights

Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Greenwood, MOComposite 59.2 / 100
75
69715392381145
02Vauxhall, NJComposite 50.1 / 100
51
625651n/a2840n/a

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureGreenwoodVauxhallAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,809$1,830
Rent to income120.2%19.7%
Property tax rate11.1%2.0%
Home price to income12.7x3.2x
Prices vs US average292.5112.6
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,546$2,233
HUD area median income4$113,400$138,400
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$3,071$7,246
Median home value1$286,100$360,000
Home prices, 1-year change52.5%5.8%
Home prices, 5-year change552.0%58.2%
Homeownership192.1%51.7%
Renters paying 30%+146.0%50.3%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,709$2,729
Vacant homes10.0%5.1%
Median year built119951957
Jobs and income
Median household income1$107,250$111,421
Income per person1$44,916$36,773
Unemployment14.2%5.7%
Average annual pay6$50,179$91,238
Pay growth, 1 year63.8%3.2%
Jobs631,431353,038
Poverty rate16.2%14.6%
Mean commute127 min29 min
Works from home112.7%6.6%
Commutes by transit10.0%7.0%
People
Population16,0136,157
Population change since 202074.8%n/a
Median age141.240.2
Bachelor's or higher133.5%32.5%
High school or higher196.6%92.7%
Household size12.63.2
Born abroad11.8%31.6%
No health insurance17.7%8.0%
Homes with broadband199.0%94.0%
Moving
Moved here in the past year17.5%5.3%
Moved from another state12.5%0.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people815.5-10.6
Income of households moving in8$75,655$96,557
Income of households moving out8$69,587$92,357
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k915.720.5
Shops per 10k925.829.5
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k92.24.1
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k912.422.5
Child care centers per 10k91.63.1
Parks per 10k1013.30.0
Playgrounds per 10k1020.00.0
Grocery stores per 10k100.03.3
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.01.6
Libraries per 10k100.03.3
Named paths and bike trails100.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi100.01.7
Nearest National Park Service site1111.05.3
National Park Service sites within 60 miles11120
National Register listings127182
Founded or incorporated131867n/a
Safety
Violent crime per 100k1464n/a
Property crime per 100k14143n/a
Schools
Public schools151244
Public school students15300144,268
Students per teacher1515.013.8
Climate
July average high1688°F86°F
January average low1621°F23°F
Average temperature1655°F54°F
Annual precipitation1641.9 in48.6 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1774.997.7
Hurricane risk1717.891.8
Tornado risk1789.894.9
Wildfire risk1729.410.6
Heat wave risk1788.999.0
Median air quality index184153
Good air days1877.6%42.2%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Greenwood $72,360, Vauxhall $73,200 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Wikidata · Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) · Retrieved 2026-11
  14. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  15. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  16. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  17. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  18. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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