housing costs · Missouri
Housing costs in Lafayette 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 | $928 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $848 | ± $44 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $834 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $772 | ± $32 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $216,500 | ± $12,051 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $200,300 | ± $9,255 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $187,000 | ± $9,513 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $159,500 | ± $7,528 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.4 % | ± 2.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 25.1 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.0 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 23.9 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lafayette County is $928, 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.