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Housing in Downing

A typical Downing home is worth roughly $79,000

Typical home value
$79K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$890
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$705
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Downing?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Downing

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Downing home $79K

That covers a typical Downing home, with $199K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$470
Loan $390Tax $60Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $420 more 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.

The homes

70% of Downing households own their home

Half of Downing’s homes were built before 1954.

Owners and renters
Own 70%Rent 30%

Missouri: 68% own.

1954
typical home built · MO 1978
$705
median property tax bill · MO $1,948

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 $890

Renters already here pay a median of $361, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$890
3 bedrooms$1,130
4 bedrooms$1,290
30%
of households rent · MO 32%
39
renter households
$361
median rent paid today · Census

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

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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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