A typical Galena home is worth roughly $128,000
Home prices around Galena have risen about 87% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Galena?
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Home prices up 87% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Galena rose 87% over the past 5 years, faster than across Missouri (51%). Last year prices rose 12%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Galena, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 2.6 years of income
Less than across Missouri (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Galena home, with $78K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $190 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Galena’s typical property tax (0.38% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $900
Renters already here pay a median of $856.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Springfield, MO HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
58% of Galena households own their home
Half of Galena’s homes were built before 1959.
Missouri: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
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What Galena buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.