The story of this market
The typical home in Christian County, Missouri sells for about $334,000, or $172 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.76%), a market in balance. Homes take about 46 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 145% since 2000. Last year 14 of 19 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is ice storm, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,113 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,113 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+1.2%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+20.5%). Worst: 2009 (-3.8%). Hover to read a year.
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
$1,539
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.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+1.2%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 19 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
59
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $36,097,009.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
82.5%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5045 | 2795 | 82.5% | 8.4% | $180,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Christian County, Missouri
The Christian County housing market is currently experiencing a period of stabilization with a median home price of $334,000. While inventory levels have tightened year-over-year, the market remains balanced for buyers with steady demand and a moderate pace of sales.
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 7.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 65 days on market with 3.2 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.0% · poverty 7.6% — 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 1 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.
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 county maintains a disaster training program and provides resources for reporting flooding, indicating active management of regional environmental risks.
The county is experiencing population growth, with estimates showing an 8.9% increase from 2020 to 2025, supported by ongoing residential development and infrastructure maintenance.
Property taxes are assessed locally with options for online payment; specific exemptions exist for primary residences of seniors aged 62 and older.
The local economy is supported by a mix of residential growth and public services, with a reported unemployment rate of 3% as of May 2026.
The county manages its own highways and roads infrastructure to support regional connectivity.
- Silver Dollar City4.624.5 mi
- Grand Country Resort4.325 mi
- White Water4.425.2 mi
- The Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Drama4.423.9 mi
- Bigfoot Fun Park4.825 mi
- Sight & Sound Theatres4.923.4 mi
- Dolly Parton's Stampede4.724.8 mi
- Ozark Empire Fairgrounds(Springfield MO)4.318.9 mi
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Springfield4.511.9 mi
- Branson Convention Center4.624.6 mi
- Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium4.814.3 mi
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Springfield4.511.9 mi
- AMC Springfield 114.411.3 mi
- Dickerson Park Zoo4.519.1 mi
- Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park4.914.6 mi
- Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium4.814.3 mi
- Titanic Museum Attraction4.625.5 mi
- The Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Drama4.423.9 mi
- Hollywood Wax Museum4.525.5 mi
- Finley Farms4.62.7 mi
- Dickerson Park Zoo4.519.1 mi
- Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park4.914.6 mi
- Sequiota Park4.710.9 mi
- Wilson's Creek National Battlefield4.815.6 mi
- Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park4.716.7 mi
- Indian Point Marina4.627.3 mi
- Port of Kimberling Marina4.728.2 mi
- Fellows Lake Marina4.522.1 mi
- Cape Fair Boat Dock & Marina4.827.4 mi
- Hideaway Marina and Boat Rentals4.928.9 mi
- BigShots Golf Springfield4.717.2 mi
- Rivercut Golf Course4.311.4 mi
- Hidden Valley Golf Links4.410.6 mi
- Getaway Golf4.712.8 mi
- Hickory Hills Country Club4.614.4 mi
- Battlefield Mall4.212.4 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.613.3 mi
- Hy-Vee Grocery Store4.513.5 mi
- Ross Dress for Less4.211.7 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.311.6 mi
- Springfield-Branson National Airport4.420.8 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 Census Reporter and U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.
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.