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Housing in Boone

A typical Boone home is worth roughly $98,000

Typical home value
$98K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$960
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Boone?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

Less than across Missouri (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$149,000
Typical Boone home $98K

That covers a typical Boone home, with $51K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$580
Loan $480Tax $70Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $960 a month here, $380 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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

89% of Boone households own their home

Half of Boone’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Missouri: 68% own.

1988
typical home built · MO 1978
11%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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 $960

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$960
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,610
11%
of households rent · MO 32%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Dent 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

Boone vs. its neighbors

Boone is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Boone$98K*—$960$38,125
Roubidoux$186K*—$1,160$63,717
Sherrill$121K*—$890$46,987
Lynch$151K*—$970$38,068

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. 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.

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