Housing in Parson Creek

A typical Parson Creek home is worth roughly $141,000

Typical home value

$141K

MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$890

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$941

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Parson Creek?

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

Your money goes further47% 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

$294,000

Typical Parson Creek home $141K

That covers a typical Parson Creek home, with $153K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$820

Loan $700Tax $80Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $70 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Jefferson$95K Wheeling$243K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Parson Creek’s typical property tax (0.67% 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 $610, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660

1 bedroom$680

2 bedrooms$890

3 bedrooms$1,070

4 bedrooms$1,190

22%

of households rent · MO 32%

renter households

$610

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Linn 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 Parson Creek households own their home

Half of Parson Creek’s homes were built before 1966.

Owners and renters

Own 78%Rent 22%

Missouri: 68% own.

1966

typical home built · MO 1978

$941

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

0.67%

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

Parson Creek vs. its neighbors

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

Wheeling$243K Parson Creek$141K Jefferson$95K

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Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Parson Creek	$141K*	—	$890	$72,604
Jefferson	$95K*	—	$1,040	$84,875
Wheeling	$243K	+5.1%	$930	$67,679

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.