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Verona is a tiny town of 477 people in Lawrence County, Missouri. It's about 32 miles from Springfield, MO and 131 miles from Tulsa, OK, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $90k and rent runs about $903 a month.
477people
$90kTypical home
$903/moRent
89° / 44°Summer / winter
8"Snow
248Sunny days
104Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 477
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 550 people per sq mi
- 131 mi to Tulsa, OK
- 32 mi to Springfield, MO
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $90k (≈$568/mo)
- Median rent $903/mo
- Median household income $42k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 248 sunny days a year (107 totally clear)
- 117 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 104 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (124 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (466 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 31% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to SGF airport
- 128 mi to TUL (major hub)
- 124 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,332 ft
- 482 mi to the ocean
- 251 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 146 mi to the nearest ski area
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 42 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 22% of Missouri districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 50 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 21 mi to the nearest vet
- 31 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lawrence County: R+64 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk