Fields Creek TownshipMO
A town of 1,772.
Is Fields Creek Township a good place to live?
The best of Fields Creek Township’s subject grades are a B for civic life and walkability; the weakest is a D for health. Only 1 of the 248 Missouri towns we compare have a higher median age than Fields Creek Township. The median household income is $43K, and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. Among 243 Missouri towns, just 5 have a lower median rent than Fields Creek Township. On history, just 20 of Missouri’s 419 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Haysler A. Poague Conservation Area, at 670 acres. Fields Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fields Creek Township stand out
Where Fields Creek Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 2,900 people come to Fields Creek Township for work
Where Fields Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fields Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Fields Creek Township is from typical.
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Moving to Fields Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fields Creek Township, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fields Creek Township.
With 4.7 jobs for every working resident, Fields Creek Township draws in 2,900 commuters
About one in 4 of Fields Creek Township’s working residents works in town. At 16 minutes, Fields Creek Township’s average trip to work is below both Missouri’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Fields Creek Township grew to 3,050 in 2023, 376 more than in 2013.
| Fields Creek Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 23% | 13% | 8% |
| Median household income | $43,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Fields Creek Township are less healthy than 87% of U.S. towns
Fields Creek Township beats the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 18% of adults report frequent physical distress in Fields Creek Township, above both the Missouri town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 42% of Fields Creek Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Fields Creek Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 30% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Fields Creek Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.6% | 77.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.5% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers in Fields Creek Township
Fields Creek Township has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Fields Creek Township is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Fields Creek Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 3.9% of Fields Creek Township
1.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Haysler A. Poague Conservation Area | — | 670 |
| 2. Wagoner Park | 0.2 mi | 27 |
| 3. Antioch Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Fields Creek Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Fields Creek Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Fields Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Fields Creek Township
Township in Henry County, Missouri, U.S.
Fields Creek Township is a township in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Fields Creek Township was established in 1873, taking its name from Joseph Fields, a pioneer citizen.
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Fields Creek Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Fields Creek Township.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fields Creek Township | — | — | B | — | B | D |
| Honey Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deer Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shawnee Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tebo Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clinton · Clinton Township | #205 | D | B+ | D | B | D |
Fields Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Fields Creek Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Honey Creek Township, Deer Creek Township, Shawnee Township and Tebo Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Clinton Township and Clinton are one community, graded once. Compare Fields Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fields Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fields Creek Township, MO expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.