Housing in Castor

A typical Castor home is worth roughly $102,000

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Typical home value

$102K

MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$900

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$795

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Castor?

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

Your money goes further62% below the Missouri typical home.Low tax bills#28 of 254 in MO for the lowest property tax bills.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$226,000

Typical Castor home $102K

That covers a typical Castor home, with $124K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$600

Loan $500Tax $70Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $300 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Pike$122K Richland$98K New Lisbon$150K Liberty$157K Duck Creek$152K

How Castor ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Castor’s typical property tax (0.78% 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 $900

Renters already here pay a median of $765, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$690

2 bedrooms$900

3 bedrooms$1,200

4 bedrooms$1,260

23%

of households rent · MO 32%

326

renter households

50%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MO 46%

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$765

median rent paid today · Census

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

77% of Castor households own their home

Half of Castor’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters

Own 77%Rent 23%

Missouri: 68% own.

1975

typical home built · MO 1978

$795

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

0.78%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Castor vs. its neighbors

Castor is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Liberty$157K Duck Creek$152K New Lisbon$150K Pike$122K Castor$102K Richland$98K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Castor	$102K*	—	$900	$57,125
Pike	$122K*	—	$920	$61,313
Richland	$98K*	—	$900	$42,625
New Lisbon	$150K*	—	$910	$85,441
Liberty	$157K*	+0.2%†	$910	$57,847
Duck Creek	$152K*	—	$950	$51,099

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.