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Housing in White Oak

A typical White Oak home is worth roughly $84,000

Typical home value
$84K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$777
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is White Oak?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in White Oak

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You could afford about
$279,000
Typical White Oak home $84K

That covers a typical White Oak home, with $195K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$500
Loan $410Tax $60Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $430 more 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, 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 $930

Renters already here pay a median of $826, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,220
4 bedrooms$1,240
39%
of households rent · MO 32%
55
renter households
$826
median rent paid today · Census

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

61% of White Oak households own their home

Half of White Oak’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 61%Rent 39%

Missouri: 68% own.

1965
typical home built · MO 1978
$777
median property tax bill · MO $1,948
2%
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.

Next door

White Oak vs. its neighbors

White Oak is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
White Oak$84K*—$930$35,865
Athens$111K*—$890$49,250
Bethany$138K+5.8%$890$53,000

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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