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Housing in Leroy

A typical Leroy home is worth roughly $223,000

Typical home value
$223K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$890
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,000
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Leroy?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Leroy

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Leroy home $223K

That covers a typical Leroy home, with $55K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,330
Loan $1,110Tax $160Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $440 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $890

Renters already here pay a median of $655, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660
1 bedroom$730
2 bedrooms$890
3 bedrooms$1,230
4 bedrooms$1,270
15%
of households rent · MO 32%
19
renter households
$655
median rent paid today · Census

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

85% of Leroy households own their home

Half of Leroy’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Missouri: 68% own.

1989
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,000
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
12%
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

Leroy vs. its neighbors

Leroy is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Leroy$223K*—$890—
Lincoln$39K*—$880$58,829
Ozark$77K*—$890$64,750

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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