Housing in Duck Creek

A typical Duck Creek home is worth roughly $152,000

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Typical home value

$152K

MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$950

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$767

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Duck Creek?

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

Your money goes further43% below the Missouri typical home.Low tax bills#23 of 254 in MO for the lowest property tax bills.Rent is cheap#29 in MO for the cheapest rent.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about

$210,000

Typical Duck Creek home $152K

That covers a typical Duck Creek home, with $58K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$860

Loan $750Tax $60Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $90 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Liberty$157K New Lisbon$150K Fisk$141K Castor$102K

How Duck Creek ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Duck Creek’s typical property tax (0.50% 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 $950

Renters already here pay a median of $693, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700

1 bedroom$730

2 bedrooms$950

3 bedrooms$1,280

4 bedrooms$1,440

29%

of households rent · MO 32%

260

renter households

29%

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

22%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$693

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

71% of Duck Creek households own their home

Half of Duck Creek’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters

Own 71%Rent 29%

Missouri: 68% own.

1977

typical home built · MO 1978

$767

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

0.50%

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

Duck Creek vs. its neighbors

Duck Creek is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Liberty$157K Duck Creek$152K New Lisbon$150K Fisk$141K Castor$102K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2022	Median income
Duck Creek	$152K*	—	$950	—	$51,099
Liberty	$157K*	+0.2%†	$910	—	$57,847
New Lisbon	$150K*	—	$910	—	$85,441
Fisk	$141K	+18.7%	$970	0	$58,125
Castor	$102K*	—	$900	—	$57,125

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.