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Typical home value
$99K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$910
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$655
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 · 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
$205,000
Typical Union home $99K

That covers a typical Union home, with $107K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$570
Loan $490Tax $50Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $910 a month here, $340 more than owning.

How Union ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Union’s typical property tax (0.66% 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 $658, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$690
2 bedrooms$910
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,440
23%
of households rent · MO 32%
223
renter households
55%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MO 46%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$658
median rent paid today · Census

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

1 of Union’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Union’s homes were built before 1973.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Missouri: 68% own.

1973
typical home built · MO 1978
$655
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
0.66%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MO 0.85%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Union

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Next door

Union vs. its neighbors

Union is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Union$99K*—$910$50,938
Cotton Hill$92K*—$950$47,096
Holcomb$91K+5.3%$900$49,167
Liberty$157K*+0.2%†$910$57,847
Freeborn$54K*—$890$45,882

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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