Housing in Badger

A typical Badger home is worth roughly $219,000

Home prices around Badger have risen about 64% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$219K

▲ 14.3% in a year · MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$910

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,586

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Badger?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Prices climbing fastUp 14.3% in a year.Your money goes further18% below the Missouri typical home.A town of owners90% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 64% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Badger rose 64% over the past 5 years, faster than across Missouri (51%). Last year prices rose 14%.

Badger areaMissouri

+14%

past year

+64%

past 5 years

+89%

past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Badger, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Badger

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$279,000

Typical Badger home $219K

That covers a typical Badger home, with $59K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,310

Loan $1,090Tax $150Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $400 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Walker$213K Center$149K Virgil$174K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Missouri typical property tax (0.85% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

90% of Badger households own their home

Half of Badger’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters

Own 90%Rent 11%

Missouri: 68% own.

1978

typical home built · MO 1978

$1,586

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $910

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680

1 bedroom$690

2 bedrooms$910

3 bedrooms$1,150

4 bedrooms$1,350

11%

of households rent · MO 32%

renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Vernon County, MO): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Badger vs. its neighbors

Badger is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Badger$219K Walker$213K Virgil$174K Center$149K

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Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Badger	$219K*	+14.3%†	$910	$61,083
Walker	$213K	+9.5%	$930	$43,646
Center	$149K*	+14.3%†	$910	$49,962
Virgil	$174K*	+3%†	$930	$35,625

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.