The story of this market
The typical home in Dent County, Missouri sells for about $190,674, or $141 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.15% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 87 days to sell, which is slow. The biggest natural hazard here is cold wave, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $998 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $998 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively High.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+3.7%
MO · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,189
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
93
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $16,314,209.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
61.1%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 334 | 124 | 61.1% | 0% | $110,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Dent County, Missouri
The Dent County housing market is characterized by low inventory and steady price appreciation, with values rising over 6% year-over-year. While sales volume remains modest, the market is supported by a stable local economy and a price-to-income ratio that remains relatively accessible compared to national averages.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 36.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 7 days on market with 0.2 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
1% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 31.91% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.1% · poverty 12.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 5 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Dent County, Missouri — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 6.9%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 63629 | Bunker | $145,000 | $105 | +3.5% | 88 | 96.5% | 15% | 6 | 12 | $480 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65439 | Bixby | $118,165 | $85 | +2.1% | 60 | 97.5% | 15% | 3.2 | 12 | $1,010 | researched Oct 5 |
| 65464 | Cabool | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | researched Oct 5 |
| 65468 | Eunice | $55,000 | $32 | +175% | 24 | 133.3% | — | — | — | $998 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65560 | Salem | $153,500 | $132 | +4.6% | 46 | 98.2% | 15% | 3.2 | 34 | $676 | researched Sep 27 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
The local economy is historically rooted in timber and mining industries, with the county seat of Salem serving as the primary administrative and commercial hub.
Property taxes are assessed at the county level based on local millage rates; specific exemptions for seniors or disabled veterans may apply per Missouri state law.
The economy is largely driven by local government, agriculture, and legacy timber industries.
The county is served by state highway corridors connecting to regional hubs, with no major public transit infrastructure.
The county assessor manages property valuations for tax purposes in accordance with Missouri state statutes.
Parcels are subject to county, school district, and local municipal tax levies.
Missouri is a non-judicial foreclosure state, allowing for relatively rapid trustee sales following default.
Missouri law requires sellers to provide a disclosure statement regarding the condition of the property, though specific exemptions exist.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
The historic center of county administration located in Salem.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter and ACS 2024 profiles.
Allows lenders to foreclose without court intervention via power of sale. Requires specific notice of default and intention to foreclose; prohibits deficiency judgments against owner-occupants in certain nonjudicial residential foreclosures.
Governed by RSMo Sections 443.290 to 443.440.
applies when — Applies only in counties that have formally adopted the provisions of RSMo Section 137.082.
Allows for the assessment and taxation of newly constructed residential property starting the first month following occupancy, and pro rata removal from tax rolls for improvements destroyed by natural disaster.
RSMo Section 137.082.
Residential property is assessed at 19% of its true market value. The formula is: (Market Value * 0.19) * Local Tax Rate = Annual Tax Liability.
Established under Article X, Section 4(b) of the Missouri Constitution and RSMo Section 137.115.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.