Kissee MillsMO
A town of 1,081, settled in 1871.
Is Kissee Mills a good place to live?
Kissee Mills’ best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. Kissee Mills’ average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both Missouri’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 15 of Missouri’s 419 towns score lower on walkability. Kissee Mills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Kissee Mills stand out
Where Kissee Mills beats most towns.
1,081 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Kissee Mills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Kissee Mills is from typical.
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Moving to Kissee Mills: who provides what
Kissee Mills is unincorporated, so Taney County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Kissee Mills.
Residents of Kissee Mills are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns
Kissee Mills beats the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 44% of Kissee Mills adults have high blood pressure, against 37% in Missouri’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Kissee Mills.
| Kissee Mills | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Kissee Mills | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.4% | 77.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kissee Mills has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Kissee Mills for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Kissee Mills fell to 42 in 2023, 243 fewer than in 2013. 7.2% of Kissee Mills residents live below the poverty line.
| Kissee Mills | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 14% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kissee Mills has four seasons and hot summers
Kissee Mills has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Kissee Mills is 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Kissee Mills home is worth about $210K
The typical Kissee Mills home is worth about $210,000, about the same as a year ago, 21% below the Missouri typical home. Kissee Mills’ median rent is $689 a month.
| Kissee Mills | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $689 a month | $971 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Kissee Mills faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Silver Dollar City and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kissee Mills. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Theme parkSilver Dollar City
15 mi LakeTable Rock Lake
13 mi MuseumTitanic Museum16 mi CaveMarvel Cave
38 mi Zoo & aquariumWonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium34 mi MuseumRiverbluff CavePhoto credits
Silver Dollar City: Nan Fry, CC BY 2.0 · Table Rock Lake: KTrimble (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Titanic Museum: Brad A. Totman, Public domain · Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium: Robert Lawton, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Everything we know about Kissee Mills
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kissee Mills
About 5 of every 100 Kissee Mills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri.
99% of working residents leave Kissee Mills for work
Where Kissee Mills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Kissee Mills
Census-Designated Place in Missouri, United States
Kissee Mills (pronounced "Kiz-zē' Mills") is a census-designated place in Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 160, approximately five miles east of Forsyth. Kissee Mills is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Kissee Mills had a population of 1,023.
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- Elevation
- 984 ft
- ZIP code
- 65680
Questions about Kissee Mills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kissee Mills, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.