Housing in Jefferson

A typical Jefferson home is worth roughly $116,000

Typical home value

$116K

MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$940

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,193

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Jefferson?

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

Your money goes further57% below the Missouri typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about

$233,000

Typical Jefferson home $116K

That covers a typical Jefferson home, with $117K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$710

Loan $570Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $940 a month here, $230 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Jackson$151K Grant$127K Polk$176K Cooper$141K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jefferson’s typical property tax (1.03% 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 $940

Renters already here pay a median of $484, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710

1 bedroom$730

2 bedrooms$940

3 bedrooms$1,250

4 bedrooms$1,560

17%

of households rent · MO 32%

renter households

$484

median rent paid today · Census

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

83% of Jefferson households own their home

Half of Jefferson’s homes were built before 1959.

Owners and renters

Own 83%Rent 17%

Missouri: 68% own.

1959

typical home built · MO 1978

$1,193

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

1.03%

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 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Jefferson vs. its neighbors

Jefferson is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Polk$176K Jackson$151K Cooper$141K Grant$127K Jefferson$116K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Jefferson	$116K*	—	$940	—	$60,750
Jackson	$151K*	—	$900	—	$62,857
Grant	$127K*	—	$930	—	$54,464
Polk	$176K	+14.6%	$910	38	$57,294
Cooper	$141K*	—	$970	—	$53,173

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.