A typical Washington home is worth roughly $245,000
What kind of housing town is Washington?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
57% of Washington households own their home
Half of Washington’s homes were built before 1996.
Missouri: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Washington
Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Washington home, with $34K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $510 less than owning.
How Washington ranks on affordability →
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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $950
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
How Washington ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Daviess County, MO): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Washington buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.