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Housing in Centertown

A typical Centertown home is worth about $341,000

Up 12.8% in a year, 27% above the Missouri typical home.

Typical home value
$341K
▲ 12.8% in a year · MO $268K
Zillow
Median sale price
$149K
February 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in February
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,259
MO $1,948

Only 1 sale in February 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Centertown?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Up 46.5% in five years

Faster than Missouri (26.2%).

CentertownMissouri
$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryCentertownMissouri
2017$171,000$148,000
2018$181,000$156,000
2019$197,000$165,000
2020$196,000$173,000
2021$214,000$193,000
2022$242,000$219,000
2023$269,000$237,000
2024$285,000$247,000
2025$306,000$258,000
2026$324,000$263,000
August 2026$341,000$268,000
Then & now

A typical Centertown home worth $169K in September 2016 is worth about $341K today.

+$172K
+12.8%
past year
+46.5%
past 5 years
+101.6%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Centertown

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Centertown home $341K

That’s $63K short of a typical Centertown home.

The typical home, each month
$2,030
Loan $1,690Tax $240Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $970 less than owning.

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $1,028.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,610
14%
of households rent · MO 32%
16
renter households
$1,028
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

86% of Centertown households own their home

Half of Centertown’s homes were built before 1970.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Missouri: 68% own.

1970
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,259
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
5%
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.

On the market in Centertown

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, February 2026. 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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