Housing in Cass

A typical Cass home is worth roughly $158,000

Typical home value

$158K

MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$920

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$425

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Cass?

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

Your money goes further41% below the Missouri typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$158,000

Typical Cass home $158K

That’s $0K short of a typical Cass home.

The typical home, each month

$860

Loan $780Tax $40Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $60 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Piney$124K Burdine$169K Morris$178K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cass’s typical property tax (0.27% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630

1 bedroom$720

2 bedrooms$920

3 bedrooms$1,240

4 bedrooms$1,540

16%

of households rent · MO 32%

renter households

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

The homes

1 of Cass’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Cass’s homes were built before 1984.

History →

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 16%

Missouri: 68% own.

1984

typical home built · MO 1978

$425

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

0.27%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

Historic houses in Cass

Cole, Arthur W., and Chloe B., HouseBuilt 1901

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

Next door

Cass vs. its neighbors

Cass is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Morris$178K Burdine$169K Cass$158K Piney$124K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Cass	$158K*	—	$920	$37,434
Piney	$124K*	—	$940	$47,462
Burdine	$169K*	+5.1%†	$930	$40,121
Sargent	—	−3.4%†	$900	—
Morris	$178K*	+2.8%†	$970	$55,662
Pierce	—	−3.4%†	$890	$37,935

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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What Cass buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.