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Housing in Wasco

A typical Wasco home is worth roughly $229,000

Typical home value
$229K
OR $496K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,430
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,543
OR $3,876

What kind of housing town is Wasco?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Wasco

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You could afford about
$327,000
Typical Wasco home $229K

That covers a typical Wasco home, with $98K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,360
Loan $1,140Tax $160Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,430 a month here, $70 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Oregon typical property tax (0.81% 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 $1,430

Renters already here pay a median of $1,229, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,000
1 bedroom$1,090
2 bedrooms$1,430
3 bedrooms$1,780
4 bedrooms$2,400
26%
of households rent · OR 37%
45
renter households
$1,229
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

74% of Wasco households own their home

Half of Wasco’s homes were built before 1964.

Owners and renters
Own 74%Rent 26%

Oregon: 63% own.

1964
typical home built · OR 1981
$1,543
median property tax bill · OR $3,876
3%
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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