Missouri Cost of Living
Housing costs and affordability data for 115 counties.
Average Monthly Rent
$783/mo
Average Home Value
$175,712
Average Owner Cost
$803/mo
County cost atlas
Missouri housing costs by county
Compare rent, entry-price context, owner costs, and cost score in one state view. Pin a county, switch layers, then open the full county profile when a place needs closer review.
Counties
115
Avg rent
$783/mo
Owner cost
$803/mo
Avg score
65.9
Higher means lower cost pressure
Atlas layers use U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates. Rent, owner cost, and home value are county medians. Cost score rewards lower rent and lower owner costs, but affordability still depends on income, household size, commute, debt, and personal finances. Use this as decision context, not personalized financial advice.
State Cost Summary
Use these state averages as a starting point, then scan the atlas and rankings for the county-level spread behind them.
Housing Costs in Missouri: An Overview
The unweighted mean of county median rents in Missouri is $783 per month, which is 45% below the national ACS median of $1,413. This gives every county equal weight and is not an official statewide median.
Within Missouri, housing costs vary significantly by county. St. Charles County has the highest median rent in this dataset at $1,370 per month and a median home value of $320,800. Worth County has the lowest reported median rent at $381 per month and a median home value of $96,600.
The unweighted mean of county median home values in Missouri is $175,712, 47% lower than the national ACS median of $332,700. The unweighted mean of county median household incomes is $61,285; neither figure is a household-weighted statewide estimate.
Before comparing places in Missouri, start with the county-level pattern. Costs can swing dramatically between rural and urban counties. Use the atlas, rankings, and county links below to compare rent, home values, owner costs, and rent burden before opening a specific county profile.
Distribution
Rent Distribution in Missouri
How median rents are spread across 115 counties
Highest Median Rent Counties
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All Missouri Counties
Sorted by median rent, highest first. A higher cost score means lower rent and owner cost pressure within the national scoring model.
| County | Median Rent | Home Value | Owner Cost | Cost Score | Rent/Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles County | $1,000–$1,500$1,370/mo | $320,800 | $1,546/mo | 9.9 | 27.0% |
| Platte County | $1,000–$1,500$1,334/mo | $345,100 | $1,603/mo | 10.1 | 26.3% |
| Clay County | $1,000–$1,500$1,243/mo | $275,600 | $1,409/mo | 14.1 | 28.1% |
| St. Louis County | $1,000–$1,500$1,209/mo | $276,800 | $1,347/mo | 15.6 | 29.3% |
| Cass County | $1,000–$1,500$1,205/mo | $292,400 | $1,330/mo | 16.0 | 28.5% |
| Jackson County | $1,000–$1,500$1,197/mo | $230,500 | $1,238/mo | 17.9 | 30.3% |
| Pulaski County | $1,000–$1,500$1,112/mo | $189,800 | $862/mo | 35.8 | 23.4% |
| Boone County | $1,000–$1,500$1,088/mo | $272,800 | $1,181/mo | 22.4 | 29.5% |
| Christian County | $1,000–$1,500$1,058/mo | $274,900 | $1,233/mo | 22.6 | 27.1% |
| Clinton County | $1,000–$1,500$1,008/mo | $226,800 | $1,173/mo | 26.1 | 24.0% |
| St. Louis city | Under $1,000$997/mo | $197,500 | $1,110/mo | 28.7 | 28.2% |
| Warren County | Under $1,000$995/mo | $260,400 | $1,212/mo | 25.8 | 27.2% |
| Greene County | Under $1,000$989/mo | $221,300 | $1,032/mo | 32.0 | 28.4% |
| Jefferson County | Under $1,000$979/mo | $237,200 | $1,207/mo | 26.9 | 25.5% |
| Jasper County | Under $1,000$973/mo | $166,900 | $946/mo | 36.9 | 29.8% |
| Andrew County | Under $1,000$961/mo | $215,400 | $955/mo | 37.2 | 25.1% |
| Lincoln County | Under $1,000$961/mo | $244,300 | $1,167/mo | 28.9 | 23.4% |
| Johnson County | Under $1,000$932/mo | $235,700 | $1,107/mo | 33.0 | 27.3% |
| Lafayette County | Under $1,000$928/mo | $216,500 | $930/mo | 40.9 | 25.4% |
| Taney County | Under $1,000$926/mo | $218,800 | $880/mo | 44.3 | 28.0% |
| Perry County | Under $1,000$923/mo | $188,200 | $840/mo | 47.1 | 32.8% |
| Buchanan County | Under $1,000$902/mo | $166,300 | $901/mo | 44.8 | 30.2% |
| Stone County | Under $1,000$896/mo | $249,000 | $779/mo | 53.8 | 26.8% |
| Franklin County | Under $1,000$893/mo | $227,600 | $1,060/mo | 38.0 | 25.3% |
| Callaway County | Under $1,000$887/mo | $201,600 | $939/mo | 43.9 | 24.5% |
| Pettis County | Under $1,000$885/mo | $166,300 | $784/mo | 54.3 | 27.1% |
| Cape Girardeau County | Under $1,000$881/mo | $220,700 | $1,006/mo | 41.2 | 28.3% |
| Camden County | Under $1,000$876/mo | $305,400 | $933/mo | 45.3 | 26.7% |
| Scott County | Under $1,000$873/mo | $154,400 | $839/mo | 51.6 | 27.0% |
| Cole County | Under $1,000$834/mo | $229,600 | $994/mo | 46.8 | 22.0% |
| Howard County | Under $1,000$832/mo | $159,400 | $803/mo | 58.6 | 25.3% |
| Carroll County | Under $1,000$822/mo | $117,500 | $698/mo | 67.5 | 26.7% |
| DeKalb County | Under $1,000$817/mo | $169,200 | $780/mo | 62.0 | 20.2% |
| Newton County | Under $1,000$817/mo | $190,700 | $922/mo | 52.4 | 25.1% |
| Polk County | Under $1,000$814/mo | $205,800 | $875/mo | 55.8 | 28.4% |
| Laclede County | Under $1,000$809/mo | $168,400 | $845/mo | 58.4 | 26.6% |
| Madison County | Under $1,000$808/mo | $159,000 | $638/mo | 73.3 | 26.0% |
| Marion County | Under $1,000$808/mo | $162,000 | $701/mo | 68.9 | 25.7% |
| Barton County | Under $1,000$805/mo | $136,500 | $621/mo | 74.6 | 29.1% |
| Lawrence County | Under $1,000$800/mo | $175,100 | $816/mo | 61.1 | 26.8% |
| Phelps County | Under $1,000$798/mo | $206,500 | $825/mo | 60.8 | 30.1% |
| Crawford County | Under $1,000$795/mo | $172,600 | $756/mo | 66.2 | 25.0% |
| St. Francois County | Under $1,000$794/mo | $169,300 | $878/mo | 57.9 | 26.6% |
| Webster County | Under $1,000$789/mo | $228,800 | $904/mo | 56.7 | 22.1% |
| Montgomery County | Under $1,000$788/mo | $178,700 | $772/mo | 66.0 | 19.3% |
| Bates County | Under $1,000$786/mo | $170,800 | $828/mo | 62.1 | 30.7% |
| Nodaway County | Under $1,000$786/mo | $177,500 | $796/mo | 64.5 | 27.5% |
| Cooper County | Under $1,000$782/mo | $203,500 | $838/mo | 62.1 | 24.0% |
| Ray County | Under $1,000$782/mo | $198,800 | $913/mo | 57.0 | 25.8% |
| Butler County | Under $1,000$780/mo | $145,100 | $701/mo | 72.4 | 30.2% |
| Ste. Genevieve County | Under $1,000$780/mo | $222,200 | $833/mo | 62.8 | 20.8% |
| Pike County | Under $1,000$778/mo | $146,000 | $636/mo | 77.3 | 25.6% |
| Benton County | Under $1,000$773/mo | $177,900 | $673/mo | 75.3 | 30.0% |
| Adair County | Under $1,000$772/mo | $165,700 | $738/mo | 70.5 | 24.7% |
| Henry County | Under $1,000$768/mo | $160,600 | $807/mo | 66.0 | 31.0% |
| Livingston County | Under $1,000$768/mo | $147,700 | $738/mo | 71.0 | 22.6% |
| Cedar County | Under $1,000$767/mo | $168,100 | $724/mo | 72.3 | 28.5% |
| McDonald County | Under $1,000$767/mo | $154,700 | $712/mo | 73.0 | 25.2% |
| Barry County | Under $1,000$766/mo | $187,800 | $740/mo | 71.0 | 26.9% |
| Miller County | Under $1,000$763/mo | $192,600 | $761/mo | 69.8 | 25.4% |
| Mississippi County | Under $1,000$762/mo | $109,000 | $530/mo | 85.2 | 28.5% |
| Randolph County | Under $1,000$760/mo | $159,300 | $782/mo | 68.8 | 28.7% |
| Stoddard County | Under $1,000$760/mo | $143,300 | $737/mo | 72.0 | 23.5% |
| Ralls County | Under $1,000$749/mo | $168,200 | $660/mo | 78.8 | 20.2% |
| Gasconade County | Under $1,000$743/mo | $179,900 | $734/mo | 73.9 | 24.1% |
| Saline County | Under $1,000$739/mo | $150,500 | $814/mo | 68.3 | 29.8% |
| Moniteau County | Under $1,000$735/mo | $181,900 | $776/mo | 71.5 | 23.6% |
| Vernon County | Under $1,000$734/mo | $158,800 | $685/mo | 78.2 | 24.0% |
| Howell County | Under $1,000$733/mo | $173,000 | $639/mo | 81.6 | 26.7% |
| New Madrid County | Under $1,000$729/mo | $111,800 | $646/mo | 81.4 | 27.6% |
| Morgan County | Under $1,000$721/mo | $194,400 | $765/mo | 73.5 | 27.1% |
| Harrison County | Under $1,000$703/mo | $109,500 | $693/mo | 80.3 | 28.1% |
| Douglas County | Under $1,000$700/mo | $168,200 | $608/mo | 85.9 | 24.1% |
| Daviess County | Under $1,000$696/mo | $161,800 | $711/mo | 79.3 | 22.1% |
| Grundy County | Under $1,000$696/mo | $112,500 | $608/mo | 86.2 | 24.4% |
| Pemiscot County | Under $1,000$695/mo | $97,000 | $644/mo | 84.2 | 34.3% |
| Bollinger County | Under $1,000$694/mo | $179,800 | $733/mo | 77.8 | 26.0% |
| Audrain County | Under $1,000$693/mo | $143,100 | $667/mo | 82.7 | 28.3% |
| Monroe County | Under $1,000$689/mo | $149,300 | $564/mo | 89.8 | 23.2% |
| Washington County | Under $1,000$684/mo | $129,400 | $627/mo | 86.3 | 31.2% |
| Dade County | Under $1,000$683/mo | $170,600 | $674/mo | 83.0 | 24.2% |
| Sullivan County | Under $1,000$673/mo | $115,600 | $728/mo | 79.8 | 18.2% |
| Macon County | Under $1,000$672/mo | $149,100 | $691/mo | 82.5 | 25.7% |
| Knox County | Under $1,000$666/mo | $101,400 | $670/mo | 84.3 | 22.6% |
| Texas County | Under $1,000$665/mo | $146,700 | $656/mo | 85.3 | 27.1% |
| Wayne County | Under $1,000$665/mo | $107,400 | $520/mo | 93.2 | 27.7% |
| Iron County | Under $1,000$664/mo | $119,300 | $608/mo | 88.3 | 28.1% |
| Dent County | Under $1,000$660/mo | $167,500 | $644/mo | 86.4 | 27.2% |
| Carter County | Under $1,000$656/mo | $159,400 | $661/mo | 85.6 | 30.0% |
| Reynolds County | Under $1,000$655/mo | $151,700 | $571/mo | 91.3 | 19.4% |
| Ripley County | Under $1,000$654/mo | $119,600 | $667/mo | 85.2 | 33.5% |
| Holt County | Under $1,000$650/mo | $138,200 | $652/mo | 86.3 | 18.1% |
| Dunklin County | Under $1,000$648/mo | $97,600 | $665/mo | 85.6 | 26.1% |
| Hickory County | Under $1,000$648/mo | $176,100 | $601/mo | 89.5 | 35.3% |
| Lewis County | Under $1,000$644/mo | $130,200 | $664/mo | 86.0 | 22.8% |
| Dallas County | Under $1,000$642/mo | $190,300 | $659/mo | 86.4 | 26.9% |
| Caldwell County | Under $1,000$640/mo | $166,500 | $715/mo | 82.4 | 21.7% |
| Oregon County | Under $1,000$639/mo | $113,300 | $547/mo | 93.4 | 31.9% |
| Osage County | Under $1,000$639/mo | $223,300 | $647/mo | 87.2 | 25.7% |
| Gentry County | Under $1,000$636/mo | $134,000 | $713/mo | 82.7 | 22.4% |
| Atchison County | Under $1,000$631/mo | $106,800 | $649/mo | 87.4 | 19.0% |
| Ozark County | Under $1,000$631/mo | $168,600 | $515/mo | 95.0 | 27.0% |
| Shelby County | Under $1,000$625/mo | $99,900 | $657/mo | 87.0 | 22.4% |
| Wright County | Under $1,000$625/mo | $160,100 | $603/mo | 90.3 | 27.8% |
| St. Clair County | Under $1,000$622/mo | $157,100 | $665/mo | 86.7 | 28.0% |
| Linn County | Under $1,000$620/mo | $123,300 | $628/mo | 89.3 | 26.3% |
| Clark County | Under $1,000$612/mo | $130,700 | $587/mo | 91.9 | 24.8% |
| Maries County | Under $1,000$590/mo | $219,100 | $735/mo | 82.3 | 17.6% |
| Mercer County | Under $1,000$590/mo | $104,900 | $641/mo | 89.0 | 22.6% |
| Shannon County | Under $1,000$574/mo | $157,500 | $674/mo | 87.1 | 24.0% |
| Chariton County | Under $1,000$567/mo | $160,900 | $650/mo | 88.8 | 20.8% |
| Putnam County | Under $1,000$521/mo | $119,500 | $861/mo | 74.4 | 29.1% |
| Scotland County | Under $1,000$511/mo | $158,800 | $909/mo | 71.1 | 19.9% |
| Schuyler County | Under $1,000$382/mo | $137,500 | $639/mo | 90.5 | 19.3% |
| Worth County | Under $1,000$381/mo | $96,600 | $534/mo | 96.7 | 19.0% |
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