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Housing in Cooper

A typical Cooper home is worth roughly $141,000

Typical home value
$141K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,338
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Cooper?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$205,000
Typical Cooper home $141K

That covers a typical Cooper home, with $64K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$850
Loan $700Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $120 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, Cooper’s typical property tax (0.95% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $834, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,610
29%
of households rent · MO 32%
182
renter households
38%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MO 46%
22%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$834
median rent paid today · Census

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

72% of Cooper households own their home

Half of Cooper’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 29%

Missouri: 68% own.

1969
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,338
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
0.95%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Cooper vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Cooper$141K*—$970$53,173
Athens$111K*—$890$49,250
Jackson$124K*—$950$57,708
Jefferson$116K*—$940$60,750

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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