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Housing in Wilson

A typical Wilson home is worth roughly $352,000

Typical home value
$352K
MO $268K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,071
MO $1,948

What kind of housing town is Wilson?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

95% of Wilson households own their home

Half of Wilson’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters
Own 95%Rent 5%

Missouri: 68% own.

1984
typical home built · MO 1978
$2,071
median property tax bill · MO $1,948

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Wilson

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$279,000
Typical Wilson home $352K

That’s $73K short of a typical Wilson home.

The typical home, each month
$2,090
Loan $1,740Tax $250Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $1,140 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, 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 $950

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,580
5%
of households rent · MO 32%

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.

Next door

Wilson vs. its neighbors

Wilson is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Wilson$352K*—$950$50,556
Jackson$151K*—$900$62,857
Cooper$141K*—$970$53,173
Jefferson$116K*—$940$60,750

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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