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Housing in Jackson

A typical Jackson home is worth roughly $130,000

Typical home value
$130K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$900
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$825
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Jackson?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Jackson

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Jackson home $130K

That covers a typical Jackson home, with $149K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$770
Loan $640Tax $90Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $130 more than owning.

How Jackson ranks on affordability →

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

91% of Jackson households own their home

Half of Jackson’s homes were built before 1963.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

Missouri: 68% own.

1963
typical home built · MO 1978
$825
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 $900

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$900
3 bedrooms$1,110
4 bedrooms$1,250
9%
of households rent · MO 32%
2
renter households

How Jackson ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →

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