Piney TownshipMO
A town of 5,071.
Is Piney Township a good place to live?
Piney Township grades D overall, 228th of 247 graded towns in Missouri, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 94% of the country. The median household income is $47K, and 27% of residents live below the poverty line. One bright spot: much of its housing is old. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Piney Township, above both Missouri’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The biggest park or preserve is Piney River Narrows Conservation Area, at 250 acres. A typical home costs about $124K, 2.5 years of the county’s $50K median household income.
How Piney Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Piney Township is from typical.
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Moving to Piney Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Piney 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 Piney Township.
Piney Township earns a D for health
Piney Township: 18% of adults report frequent physical distress. In Piney Township, 22% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 37% get no exercise outside work.
| Piney Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 30% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Piney Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.4% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.1% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Piney Township’s schools rank behind 69% of Missouri districts
The public schools here belong to the Houston R-I school district. The largest public high school is Houston High, with 359 students. Two of its 4 schools are shown below, with the reason for each.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 443 | C+ |
| Houston HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 359 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Piney Township has mild winters and hot summers
In July, afternoons reach 88°; in January, nights fall to 23°, and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Piney Township’s working residents commute to Houston
The share of workers in Piney Township who work remotely from home: 4.4%. The top destinations are Houston (31%), Springfield (7%) and Licking (4%). Its typical journey to work is 20 minutes. Jobs based here fell to 2,049 in 2023, 121 fewer than in 2013.
| Piney Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 33% | 13% | 8% |
| Work from home | 4.4% | 9% | 11% |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Piney Township is cold waves, at a moderate overall level
Federal aid has come to Piney Township households in 11 declared disasters; the latest was in 2025. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Piney Township break down as 36% from cold waves and 21% from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conservation land takes up 0.7% of Piney Township
Trails run 8.6 miles in 5 parks and preserves. The trail density for Piney Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Piney Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Horseshoe Bend Natural Area | 0.3 mi | 243 |
| 2. Piney River Narrows Conservation Area | — | 250 |
| 3. Piney River Narrows Natural Area | — | 53 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Piney Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Piney Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Piney Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Piney Township
Township in the American state of Missouri
Piney Township is a township in Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Piney Township was erected in 1845, taking its name from the Big Piney River.
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Piney Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Piney Township.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Township | #228 | D | B+ | — | C | D |
| Cass Township | — | — | B | — | C | D |
| Lynch Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | D− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | B− | D |
| Morris Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Upton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ozark Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cass Township, Lynch Township and Jackson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Piney Township, Cass Township, Lynch Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Morris Township, Upton Township and Ozark Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Piney Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Piney Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Piney Township, MO a good place to live?
Piney Township grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #228 of 247 in Missouri. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Piney 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 B+.