Housing in Sargent

A typical Sargent home is worth roughly $86,000

Home prices around Sargent have risen about 55% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$86K

▼ 3.4% in a year · MO $268K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$900

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$739

MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Sargent?

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

Your money goes further68% below the Missouri typical home.A town of owners96% of households own their home.Prices coolingDown 3.4% in a year.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Sargent

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You could afford about

$279,000

Typical Sargent home $86K

That covers a typical Sargent home, with $193K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$510

Loan $430Tax $60Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $390 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Cass$158K Burdine$169K

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

96% of Sargent households own their home

Half of Sargent’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters

Own 96%Rent 4%

Missouri: 68% own.

1984

typical home built · MO 1978

$739

median property tax bill · MO $1,948

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Price trend

Home prices up 55% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Sargent rose 55% over the past 5 years, faster than across Missouri (51%). Last year prices fell 3.4%.

Sargent areaMissouri

−3.4%

past year

+55%

past 5 years

+78%

past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Sargent, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $900

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$620

1 bedroom$690

2 bedrooms$900

3 bedrooms$1,230

4 bedrooms$1,500

of households rent · MO 32%

renter households

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

Sargent vs. its neighbors

Sargent is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Burdine$169K Cass$158K Sargent$86K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Sargent	$86K*	−3.4%†	$900	—
Cass	$158K*	—	$920	$37,434
Burdine	$169K*	+5.1%†	$930	$40,121
Pierce	—	−3.4%†	$890	$37,935

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.