housing costs · Missouri
Housing costs in Mercer 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 | $590 | ± $150 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $548 | ± $93 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $496 | ± $104 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $459 | ± $147 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $104,900 | ± $15,308 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $95,300 | ± $11,609 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $104,800 | ± $12,294 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $82,700 | ± $6,704 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 22.6 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 20.1 % | ± 3.9 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 18.5 % | ± 2.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 18.8 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mercer County is $590, below 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.