Pike TownshipMO
A town of 3,577. Public schools that outperform most of Missouri.
Is Pike Township a good place to live?
Pike Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $122K for a typical one, or 2.1 years of the county’s $58K median household income. It grades B− overall, 117th among Missouri's 247 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $61K, and 18% of residents live below the poverty line, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 88% of the country. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 78% of Missouri towns. 24% of working residents work locally in Pike Township, above both Missouri’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (8%).
What makes Pike Township stand out
Where Pike Township beats most towns.
How Pike Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Pike Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for jobs and income (better than 11%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pike Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pike 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 Pike Township.
Pike Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and trades workers with Cape Girardeau and other neighbors.
Pike Township earns a D for health
Pike Township: just over a third of adults get no exercise outside work. Just over a fifth of Pike Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Pike Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pike Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 8% |
| More smokers | 21.2% | 16% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 26% | 20.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pike Township earns an A− for schools
That grade comes with an A+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $122K.
The public schools here belong to Advance R-IV. Below: Two of its 5 schools, each with why it was picked. Public school enrollment in Pike Township: 624 students across 4 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 240 | A+ |
| Advance HighLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 188 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Conserved land covers 0.3% of Pike Township
61 miles of trail. In Pike Township, the trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Pike Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in Pike Township is earthquakes, at a high overall level
In Pike Township, the FEMA risk score is 68 of 100. 17 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1993. Expected losses in Pike Township break down as 42% from earthquakes and 12% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Pike Township’s year
The peak summer temperature for Pike Township comes to 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in four working residents works right in Pike Township
Pike Township has about as many jobs (1,186) as working residents, but only 320 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 801 in 2013 to 1,186.
Jobs based in Pike Township grew to 1,186 in 2023, 385 more than in 2013. Its mean commuting time is 28 minutes. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (14%), Advance (10%) and Sikeston (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.
| Pike Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Pike Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Pike Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Pike Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Pike Township
Township in Stoddard County, Missouri, U.S.
Pike Township is a township in northern Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Pike Township was erected in 1829, taking its name from Zebulon Pike.
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Pike Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Pike Township.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Township | #117 | B− | A+ | — | A− | D |
| Castor Township | #120 | B− | A | — | A− | D |
| Richland Township | — | — | A | — | A+ | D |
| New Lisbon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Perkins | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Richland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pike Township, Castor Township and Richland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Lisbon Township and Perkins aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pike Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pike Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pike Township, MO a good place to live?
Pike Township grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #117 of 247 in Missouri. It grades D for health and A− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Pike Township, 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+.