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Housing in Jackson

A typical Jackson home is worth roughly $151,000

Typical home value
$151K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$900
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,387
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Jackson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$245,000
Typical Jackson home $151K

That covers a typical Jackson home, with $94K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$910
Loan $750Tax $120Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $10 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Jackson ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jackson’s typical property tax (0.92% 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 $900

Renters already here pay a median of $856.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$700
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$900
3 bedrooms$1,150
4 bedrooms$1,490
22%
of households rent · MO 32%
78
renter households
23%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MO 46%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$856
median rent paid today · Census

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

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

78% of Jackson households own their home

Half of Jackson’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 78%Rent 22%

Missouri: 68% own.

1974
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,387
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
0.92%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%

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

Next door

Jackson vs. its neighbors

Jackson is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Jackson$151K*—$900—$62,857
Jefferson$116K*—$940—$60,750
Polk$176K+14.6%$91038$57,294

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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Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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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