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Housing in Union

A typical Union home is worth roughly $115,000

Typical home value
$115K
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 Union?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Union

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Union home $115K

That covers a typical Union home, with $163K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$690
Loan $570Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $890 a month here, $200 more than owning.

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $890

Renters already here pay a median of $532, 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$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,190
22%
of households rent · MO 32%
39
renter households
$532
median rent paid today · Census

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

Half of Union’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 78%Rent 22%

Missouri: 68% own.

1985
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,163
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
6%
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.

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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.

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