Housing in Freeborn

A typical Freeborn home is worth roughly $54,000

Typical home value

$54K

MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$890

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$470

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Freeborn?

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

Your money goes further80% below the Missouri typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$180,000

Typical Freeborn home $54K

That covers a typical Freeborn home, with $126K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$320

Loan $270Tax $40Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $570 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Holcomb$91K Cotton Hill$92K Clarkton$47K Independence$114K Union$99K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Freeborn’s typical property tax (0.87% 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 $890

Renters already here pay a median of $628, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660

1 bedroom$680

2 bedrooms$890

3 bedrooms$1,230

4 bedrooms$1,410

31%

of households rent · MO 32%

143

renter households

37%

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

23%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$628

median rent paid today · Census

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

69% of Freeborn households own their home

Half of Freeborn’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters

Own 69%Rent 31%

Missouri: 68% own.

1972

typical home built · MO 1978

$470

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

0.87%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%

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

Next door

Freeborn vs. its neighbors

Freeborn is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Independence$114K Union$99K Cotton Hill$92K Holcomb$91K Freeborn$54K Clarkton$47K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Freeborn	$54K*	—	$890	—	$45,882
Holcomb	$91K	+5.3%	$900	—	$49,167
Cotton Hill	$92K*	—	$950	—	$47,096
Clarkton	$47K*	—	$890	0	$46,333
Independence	$114K*	—	$900	—	$55,521
Union	$99K*	—	$910	—	$50,938

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.