The story of this market
The typical home in Knox County, Missouri sells for about $389,950, or $231 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.9%), a market in balance. Homes take about 75 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 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
$1,146
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
88
Relatively High
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,908,513.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
65%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26 | 12 | 65% | 0% | $165,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Knox County, Missouri
Knox County maintains a stable, low-density housing market characterized by affordability and limited inventory. Market activity is largely driven by local demand rather than speculative investment, resulting in steady but modest price trends.
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 sideways 0.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 102 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a slower-moving market.
15% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 16.62% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.8% · poverty 11.9% — 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 4 researched ZIP reports of 5 — 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.
Knox 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 8.3%/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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| 63537 | Edina | $143,750 | $85 | — | 112 | 98% | — | — | 11 | $655 | researched Sep 27 |
| 63546 | Knox City | $238,455 | $115 | — | 88 | 96% | — | — | 13 | $448 | researched Sep 27 |
| 63552 | Macon | $189,500 | $174 | — | 87 | — | 25% | — | 40 | $683 | researched Sep 27 |
| 63556 | Milan | $190,500 | $115 | — | 129 | — | — | — | 29 | $710 | researched Sep 27 |
| 63558 | Newark | $125,000 | $85 | +2.4% | 112 | 96.5% | 15% | 6 | 12 | $581 | 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 county is served by the Knox County R-I School District, which operates schools in Edina.
The county is primarily rural with a stable, small-scale economy; development momentum is limited compared to urban centers.
Property taxes are assessed by the county based on local millage rates; specific exemptions for seniors and veterans apply per Missouri state law.
The economy is largely driven by agriculture and local government services.
The county relies on state and county highway networks for regional connectivity.
The county assessor manages property valuations for tax purposes in accordance with Missouri state statutes.
The county is served by the Knox County R-I School District.
Missouri is a non-judicial foreclosure state.
Missouri requires sellers to provide a property disclosure statement regarding known material defects.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Located in Edina, serving as the administrative center.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter and Data Commons.
Public schools whose reported address is in this area (NCES). Not attendance boundaries — schools that serve residents may sit outside it. Check the district's address locator for assignment.
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.