The story of this market
The typical home in Hickory County, Missouri sells for about $287,000, or $173 per square foot.
Prices are up +12.1% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 53 days to sell. The biggest natural hazard here is ice storm, 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 Moderate.
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
$1,332
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
66
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,469,013.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
78.2%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 365 | 209 | 78.2% | 10.7% | $125,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Hickory County, Missouri
Hickory County is experiencing a period of price appreciation with a 12.1% year-over-year increase in home values. The market remains tight with limited inventory, though the high vacancy rate suggests a significant portion of housing stock may be seasonal or recreational property.
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 0.1% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 149 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
5% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 28.63% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.0% · poverty 19.8% — a mixed stability 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 7 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.
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| 65634 | Cross Timbers | $489,500 | $291 | — | 239 | 98.5% | 16.7% | — | 6 | $962 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65668 | Hermitage | $245,900 | $137 | +2.4% | 112 | 96.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 25 | $880 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65679 | Kirbyville | $180,000 | $135 | +2.1% | 88 | 97.5% | 12% | 5.2 | 42 | $908 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65686 | Kimberling City | $309,900 | $165 | +4.2% | 88 | 97.5% | 12% | 4.5 | 42 | $1,023 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65724 | Pittsburg | $291,250 | $220 | — | 116 | — | — | — | 16 | $611 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65732 | Preston | $249,900 | $148 | +4.2% | 26 | 96.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 38 | $577 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65779 | Wheatland | $205,069 | $128 | +8.5% | 84 | 97.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 32 | $450 | 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.
Property taxes are assessed by the county based on local millage rates; specific exemptions for seniors and disabled veterans are available under Missouri state law.
The local economy is largely rural with a 5% unemployment rate as of May 2026.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter and Data Commons 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.