StoverMO
A town of 1,064, settled in 1875.
Is Stover a good place to live?
Stover’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a D for incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 92% of the country. 13% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Stover, below both Missouri’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (29%). The biggest park or preserve is City Park, at 20 acres. Stover has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Stover stand out
Where Stover beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| Widest gap | Stover | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.6% | 8% |
1,064 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Stover grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Stover is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Stover: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stover, 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 Stover.
Stover earns a D for health
In Stover, just over two in five adults have high blood pressure. Nearly a fifth of Stover adults report frequent physical distress, where Missouri’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 14%. Among adults here, 38% get no exercise outside work and 28% say their health is fair or poor.
| Stover | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Stover | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.6% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.6% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 5.2% | 3.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Stover’s schools trail 58% of Missouri districts
The Morgan Co. R-I school district runs its public schools. Two of its 4 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Public school enrollment in Stover: 622 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Co. R-I Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 383 | C+ |
| Morgan Co. R-I HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 239 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Stover’s year
In July, afternoons reach 88°; in January, nights fall to 21°, and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Stover is worth about $215K, on Zillow’s estimate
The rent at the middle of the market in Stover is $740 a month. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 3%. For households here, the share who live in a home they own is 70%.
| Stover | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $740 a month | $971 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 1.3 jobs for every working resident, Stover draws in 362 commuters
The top destinations are Versailles (15%), Springfield (4%) and Jefferson City (4%). Since 2013, Stover has added 74 jobs, to 410 in 2023. Among residents here, 16% live below the poverty line. For half of commuters, work is under 19 miles away.
| Stover | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $48,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 13% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Stover, mostly inland flooding
Federal aid has come to Stover households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2015. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 62% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts just over half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 14% to tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. City Park | — | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Stover
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Stover; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Stover residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri.
About Stover
City in Missouri, United States
Stover is a city in Morgan County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,006 at the 2020 census, down from 1,094 in 2010.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,083 ft
- ZIP code
- 65078
- Area code
- 573
Questions about Stover
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stover, 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−.