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Housing in Deerfield

A typical Deerfield home is worth roughly $121,000

Typical home value
$121K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$900
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,013
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Deerfield?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$192,000
Typical Deerfield home $121K

That covers a typical Deerfield home, with $72K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$720
Loan $600Tax $80Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $180 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, Deerfield’s typical property tax (0.84% 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

93% of Deerfield households own their home

Half of Deerfield’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 7%

Missouri: 68% own.

1986
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,013
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
0.84%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%

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 $900

Renters already here pay a median of $853.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$900
3 bedrooms$1,130
4 bedrooms$1,340
7%
of households rent · MO 32%
21
renter households
$853
median rent paid today · Census

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

Deerfield vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Deerfield$121K*—$900$48,618
Center$149K*+14.3%†$910$49,962
Moundville$223K+6.9%$890$61,250
Washington$171K*+14.3%†$920$63,313

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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