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Housing in Jefferson

A typical Jefferson home is worth roughly $222,000

Typical home value
$222K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$961
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Jefferson?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Jefferson

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Jefferson home $222K

That covers a typical Jefferson home, with $57K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,320
Loan $1,100Tax $160Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $400 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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

89% of Jefferson households own their home

Half of Jefferson’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Missouri: 68% own.

1984
typical home built · MO 1978
$961
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
8%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,350
11%
of households rent · MO 32%
2
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Daviess County, MO): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Jefferson vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Jefferson. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2014Median income
Jefferson$222K*—$920—$88,083
Colfax——$1,0201$51,500
Liberty$285K*—$910—$71,818

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.

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