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Housing in Union

A typical Union home is worth roughly $263,000

Home prices around Union have risen about 52% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$263K
▼ 8% in a year · MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$910
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,621
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Union?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 52% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Union rose 52% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Missouri. Last year prices fell 8%.

Union areaMissouri
0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
−8%
past year
+52%
past 5 years
+67%
past 10 years

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.6 years of income

About the same as across Missouri. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$292,000
Typical Union home $263K

That covers a typical Union home, with $29K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,510
Loan $1,300Tax $140Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $600 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, Union’s typical property tax (0.62% 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 $910

Renters already here pay a median of $646, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$910
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,310
12%
of households rent · MO 32%
26
renter households
$646
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

88% of Union households own their home

Half of Union’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Missouri: 68% own.

1986
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,621
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
0.62%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%

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

Next door

Union vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2014Median income
Union$263K*−8%†$910—$72,348
Drywood$163K*—$900—$55,950
Lamar$191K+3.7%$910—$56,926
Doylesport——$9000$57,014
Central—−8%†$900—$49,095

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.

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