Housing in Osage

A typical Osage home is worth roughly $143,000

Typical home value

$143K

MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$890

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,163

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Osage?

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

Your money goes further46% below the Missouri typical home.A town of owners97% of households own their home.Newer homesThe typical home was built around 1997.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$264,000

Typical Osage home $143K

That covers a typical Osage home, with $121K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$850

Loan $710Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $40 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Leesville$125K Bethlehem$265K Fairview$123K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Osage’s typical property tax (0.81% 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

97% of Osage households own their home

Half of Osage’s homes were built before 1997.

Owners and renters

Own 97%Rent 3%

Missouri: 68% own.

1997

typical home built · MO 1978

$1,163

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

0.81%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%

14%

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 $890

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640

1 bedroom$680

2 bedrooms$890

3 bedrooms$1,150

4 bedrooms$1,200

of households rent · MO 32%

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

Osage vs. its neighbors

Osage is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Bethlehem$265K Osage$143K Leesville$125K Fairview$123K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Osage	$143K*	—	$890	$66,667
Leesville	$125K*	−1%†	$890	$70,000
Bethlehem	$265K*	−1%†	$890	$86,469
Fairview	$123K*	—	$890	$41,389

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.