The story of this market
The typical home in Iron County, Missouri sells for about $175,995, or $113 per square foot.
Prices are up +5.65% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 62 days to sell, which is slow. The biggest natural hazard here is heat wave, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $962 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $962 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Very 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
$1,187
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
98
Very High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $22,754,494.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
64.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 319 | 146 | 64.3% | 2.8% | $100,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Iron County, Missouri
Iron County is currently experiencing a buyer's market with a median home value of $164,613, reflecting a 5.65% year-over-year increase. Despite the price growth, the county faces a shrinking population and a high vacancy rate of 17.5%.
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 5.7% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 62 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.0% · poverty 0.0% — 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.
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.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
The Iron County Economic Partnership, a key local development entity, filed a final return in 2025, indicating a shift in local economic development infrastructure.
The rental market is characterized by a median gross rent of $664, with HUD fair market rents for a 2-bedroom unit at $888.
The local economy is supported by a 3.0% unemployment rate, though formal economic development partnership activity has recently ceased.
- Family Fun Centre426.4 mi
- Farmington Water Park & Splash Pad4.520.6 mi
- Twin Eagle Lake Estates & Hideout4.729.8 mi
- Thee Abbey Kitchen / Arcadia Academy4.63.4 mi
- Pasta House Co4.121.2 mi
- Hubs Pub and Grill4.226.7 mi
- The Bullpen4.422.4 mi
- Elephant Rocks State Park4.97 mi
- Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park4.89.3 mi
- Taum Sauk Mountain State Park4.72.7 mi
- Engler Ball Park4.719 mi
- FRANKLIN FLOATS4.710.9 mi
- Missouri Mines State Historic Site4.621.8 mi
- Thee Abbey Kitchen / Arcadia Academy4.63.4 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site4.65.2 mi
- The Space Museum and Grissom Center4.926.5 mi
- Reed Spring Mill4.717 mi
- Elephant Rocks State Park4.97 mi
- Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park4.89.3 mi
- Taum Sauk Mountain State Park4.72.7 mi
- Engler Ball Park4.719 mi
- Shut-Ins Trail4.89.1 mi
- Dollar General44.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data sourced from MoverMath and FFIEC Census reports.
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.