Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,089, settled in 1882. A regional job hub with 1,207 jobs.
Cabool’s best subject grade is an A for civic life; its weakest is a D− for incomes. Cabool has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Cabool beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Cabool’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Cabool is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 359 in 1890, 1,946 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1916 and a map from 1951 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cabool, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Cabool.
The top destinations are Springfield (8%), Mountain Grove (8%) and West Plains (7%). In Cabool, 29% of residents live below the poverty line. The share of working residents in Cabool who work locally is 22%, where Missouri’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 8%. The mean commuting time locally is 18 minutes.
| Cabool | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 29% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $34,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 13% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The share of adults in Cabool who have high blood pressure is 43%, above both the Missouri town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). On the CDC’s 32 measures, Cabool is ahead of Missouri on 1 and behind on 15. Cabool: 36% of adults get no exercise outside work.
| Cabool | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 30% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Cabool | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.4% | 77.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.1% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in Cabool since 1985: 2. Also worth knowing: households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 7.3%. 53% of households live in a home they own in Cabool.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
A winter brings about 10 inches of snow, with January nights at 23° and July afternoons at 87°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cabool's reported crime rate is well below Missouri's. For Cabool, the violent crime rate is 0.5 per 1,000 residents. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
| Cabool | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1 per 1,000 residents | 12.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
1.4 miles of trail. Cabool’s trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Cabool; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Cabool residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
City in Texas County, Missouri, United States
Cabool is a city in Texas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,946 at the 2020 census.
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Not for the area. That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($50,036 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.