Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Missouri
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Missouri ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worth County | $353 | $925 | $94,600 |
| 2 | Schuyler County | $382 | $1,106 | $118,200 |
| 3 | Shannon County | $509 | $1,294 | $151,000 |
| 4 | Scotland County | $516 | $1,273 | $141,100 |
| 5 | Chariton County | $540 | $1,100 | $118,900 |
| 6 | Mercer County | $548 | $942 | $95,300 |
| 7 | Wright County | $558 | $1,297 | $152,300 |
| 8 | Shelby County | $570 | $870 | $86,200 |
| 9 | Putnam County | $575 | $1,068 | $111,600 |
| 10 | Clark County | $589 | $1,111 | $117,600 |
| 11 | Maries County | $594 | $1,612 | $193,100 |
| 12 | Atchison County | $595 | $1,001 | $100,600 |
| 13 | St. Clair County | $607 | $1,259 | $142,500 |
| 14 | Linn County | $612 | $1,089 | $117,300 |
| 15 | Dent County | $615 | $1,301 | $149,700 |
| 16 | Gentry County | $620 | $1,158 | $123,000 |
| 17 | Ozark County | $626 | $1,336 | $156,400 |
| 18 | Lewis County | $627 | $1,098 | $118,900 |
| 19 | Reynolds County | $627 | $1,078 | $119,900 |
| 20 | Caldwell County | $628 | $1,380 | $156,700 |
| 21 | Dunklin County | $632 | $911 | $93,800 |
| 22 | Wayne County | $632 | $1,033 | $113,100 |
| 23 | Osage County | $644 | $1,708 | $205,700 |
| 24 | Texas County | $647 | $1,109 | $123,300 |
| 25 | Dade County | $650 | $1,366 | $157,200 |
| 26 | Carter County | $661 | $1,271 | $147,600 |
| 27 | Knox County | $661 | $945 | $97,200 |
| 28 | Harrison County | $666 | $1,022 | $107,400 |
| 29 | Ripley County | $666 | $1,017 | $110,800 |
| 30 | Monroe County | $667 | $1,306 | $147,400 |
| 31 | Gasconade County | $671 | $1,463 | $168,900 |
| 32 | Iron County | $671 | $1,047 | $113,000 |
| 33 | Bollinger County | $677 | $1,255 | $142,400 |
| 34 | Grundy County | $679 | $1,036 | $107,000 |
| 35 | Washington County | $680 | $1,078 | $118,400 |
| 36 | Dallas County | $685 | $1,301 | $151,200 |
| 37 | Douglas County | $687 | $1,385 | $164,400 |
| 38 | Morgan County | $692 | $1,528 | $180,400 |
| 39 | Sullivan County | $692 | $984 | $103,300 |
| 40 | Audrain County | $698 | $1,132 | $121,600 |
| 41 | Hickory County | $699 | $1,102 | $123,200 |
| 42 | Holt County | $702 | $1,126 | $122,300 |
| 43 | Pemiscot County | $708 | $952 | $95,900 |
| 44 | Macon County | $719 | $1,166 | $127,000 |
| 45 | Howell County | $722 | $1,381 | $161,000 |
| 46 | Vernon County | $722 | $1,225 | $136,700 |
| 47 | Miller County | $724 | $1,454 | $169,800 |
| 48 | Daviess County | $731 | $1,316 | $149,200 |
| 49 | Saline County | $733 | $1,258 | $139,600 |
| 50 | New Madrid County | $734 | $997 | $105,500 |
| 51 | Oregon County | $735 | $1,067 | $117,700 |
| 52 | Stoddard County | $737 | $1,209 | $135,400 |
| 53 | Henry County | $740 | $1,359 | $153,500 |
| 54 | Pike County | $742 | $1,178 | $129,400 |
| 55 | Randolph County | $742 | $1,279 | $141,900 |
| 56 | Livingston County | $747 | $1,258 | $138,300 |
| 57 | Barry County | $750 | $1,469 | $172,900 |
| 58 | Nodaway County | $754 | $1,446 | $165,100 |
| 59 | Bates County | $760 | $1,345 | $154,800 |
| 60 | Cooper County | $763 | $1,659 | $197,100 |
| 61 | McDonald County | $764 | $1,187 | $134,100 |
| 62 | Ralls County | $765 | $1,352 | $153,400 |
| 63 | Moniteau County | $766 | $1,456 | $168,300 |
| 64 | Montgomery County | $767 | $1,482 | $171,300 |
| 65 | Butler County | $768 | $1,236 | $138,800 |
| 66 | Ste. Genevieve County | $774 | $1,787 | $215,600 |
| 67 | Barton County | $777 | $1,223 | $136,000 |
| 68 | Newton County | $777 | $1,502 | $175,300 |
| 69 | Webster County | $777 | $1,794 | $219,100 |
| 70 | Adair County | $782 | $1,397 | $159,500 |
| 71 | Mississippi County | $782 | $974 | $100,300 |
| 72 | Cedar County | $783 | $1,396 | $162,500 |
| 73 | Carroll County | $785 | $1,046 | $110,500 |
| 74 | Lawrence County | $785 | $1,379 | $159,800 |
| 75 | St. Francois County | $786 | $1,364 | $155,100 |
| 76 | Polk County | $792 | $1,590 | $189,600 |
| 77 | DeKalb County | $796 | $1,456 | $167,500 |
| 78 | Laclede County | $796 | $1,372 | $158,000 |
| 79 | Phelps County | $801 | $1,637 | $194,900 |
| 80 | Cole County | $804 | $1,808 | $214,400 |
| 81 | Crawford County | $807 | $1,424 | $166,000 |
| 82 | Howard County | $807 | $1,307 | $145,300 |
| 83 | Ray County | $808 | $1,611 | $187,400 |
| 84 | Scott County | $809 | $1,269 | $143,700 |
| 85 | Marion County | $813 | $1,402 | $158,100 |
| 86 | Madison County | $817 | $1,368 | $155,900 |
| 87 | Benton County | $823 | $1,408 | $164,700 |
| 88 | Camden County | $838 | $2,154 | $270,700 |
| 89 | Lafayette County | $848 | $1,697 | $200,300 |
| 90 | Callaway County | $850 | $1,671 | $196,200 |
| 91 | Pettis County | $863 | $1,415 | $161,500 |
| 92 | Franklin County | $874 | $1,815 | $214,900 |
| 93 | Cape Girardeau County | $881 | $1,740 | $208,300 |
| 94 | Buchanan County | $889 | $1,382 | $156,600 |
| 95 | Stone County | $892 | $1,909 | $236,500 |
| 96 | Jasper County | $904 | $1,387 | $158,500 |
| 97 | Johnson County | $905 | $1,837 | $221,400 |
| 98 | Warren County | $913 | $1,992 | $241,200 |
| 99 | Perry County | $923 | $1,611 | $189,400 |
| 100 | Taney County | $925 | $1,691 | $203,800 |
| 101 | Greene County | $940 | $1,713 | $203,500 |
| 102 | Andrew County | $944 | $1,667 | $196,200 |
| 103 | Jefferson County | $972 | $1,846 | $218,800 |
| 104 | Lincoln County | $972 | $1,878 | $224,800 |
| 105 | St. Louis city | $978 | $1,629 | $185,100 |
| 106 | Christian County | $979 | $2,057 | $249,700 |
| 107 | Clinton County | $985 | $1,743 | $204,300 |
| 108 | Boone County | $1,060 | $2,116 | $254,100 |
| 109 | Pulaski County | $1,072 | $1,595 | $189,700 |
| 110 | Cass County | $1,147 | $2,226 | $269,000 |
| 111 | Jackson County | $1,151 | $1,861 | $213,300 |
| 112 | St. Louis County | $1,164 | $2,240 | $260,700 |
| 113 | Clay County | $1,220 | $2,180 | $256,400 |
| 114 | Platte County | $1,247 | $2,635 | $317,600 |
| 115 | St. Charles County | $1,312 | $2,494 | $296,800 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Lowest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Missouri