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Housing in White Cloud

A typical White Cloud home is worth roughly $255,000

Typical home value
$255K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,063
MO $1,948
Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

Less than across Missouri (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$363,000
Typical White Cloud home $255K

That covers a typical White Cloud home, with $108K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,420
Loan $1,260Tax $90Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $490 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, White Cloud’s typical property tax (0.42% 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 $930

Renters already here pay a median of $2,156.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,180
4 bedrooms$1,490
15%
of households rent · MO 32%
11
renter households
$2,156
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

85% of White Cloud households own their home

Half of White Cloud’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Missouri: 68% own.

1975
typical home built · MO 1978
$1,063
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
0.42%
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

White Cloud vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
White Cloud$255K*—$930—$86,979
Grant$127K*—$930—$54,464
Polk$176K+14.6%$91038$57,294

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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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