housing costs · Missouri
Housing costs in Howard County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $832 | ± $76 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $807 | ± $57 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $823 | ± $34 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $712 | ± $60 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $159,400 | ± $12,253 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $145,300 | ± $10,971 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $140,900 | ± $13,533 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $142,400 | ± $17,654 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.3 % | ± 5.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.1 % | ± 6.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.2 % | ± 5.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.4 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Howard County is $832, above the Missouri median of $767 across 115 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.