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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 115 SHOWN OF 115

Most affordable housing, Missouri counties

Missouri counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 115 counties in Missouri that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 115 is 2.9. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Oregon County, MO, up 61 places to #38.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990
01▲2Mercer County, MOMO3,4041.7+42%
02▲15Knox County, MOMO3,7281.8+50%
03▲2Atchison County, MOMO5,1751.8+24%
04▲4Putnam County, MOMO4,5461.9+40%
05▲2Carroll County, MOMO8,4171.9+39%
06▼4Shelby County, MOMO5,8701.9+57%
07▼1Linn County, MOMO11,8152.0+54%
08▲3Harrison County, MOMO8,2812.0+68%
09▼8Worth County, MOMO1,9142.0+96%
10▼6Sullivan County, MOMO5,7382.0+89%
11▲7Dunklin County, MOMO26,8552.0+6%
12▲1New Madrid County, MOMO15,0862.2+18%
13▲14Grundy County, MOMO9,7442.2+59%
14▲1Lewis County, MOMO9,8792.2+61%
15▼6Schuyler County, MOMO4,1402.2+84%
16▼2Chariton County, MOMO7,3772.2+82%
17▼5Holt County, MOMO4,2002.3+93%
18▲22Mississippi County, MOMO12,0032.3+16%
19▲33Wayne County, MOMO10,7822.3+9%
20Scotland County, MOMO4,7962.3+43%
21▲11Washington County, MOMO23,8102.3+16%
22▲8Livingston County, MOMO14,7082.3+44%
23▲8Macon County, MOMO15,1902.4+47%
24▼14Gentry County, MOMO6,3842.4+84%
25▼9Audrain County, MOMO24,5282.4+58%
26▲41Howard County, MOMO10,1802.4+61%
27▲35Pemiscot County, MOMO14,4652.4+25%
28▼5DeKalb County, MOMO9,7952.4+68%
29▼1Iron County, MOMO9,3182.4+25%
30▲21Scott County, MOMO37,9752.5+23%
31▲12Stoddard County, MOMO28,2842.5+36%
32▼11Clark County, MOMO6,4752.5+96%
33▼4Daviess County, MOMO8,5582.5+89%
34▼12Caldwell County, MOMO9,0122.6+94%
35▲20Ralls County, MOMO10,4442.6+47%
36Marion County, MOMO28,5252.6+56%
37▲1Saline County, MOMO23,2652.6+51%
38▲61Oregon County, MOMO8,7092.6+31%
39▼20Barton County, MOMO11,7952.6+69%
40▼15Pike County, MOMO17,9552.7+80%
41▼17Ray County, MOMO23,3982.7+59%
42▲2Buchanan County, MOMO83,5402.7+53%
43▲13Lafayette County, MOMO33,5312.7+49%
44▲50Adair County, MOMO25,6842.7+11%
45▲27Callaway County, MOMO45,7652.7+46%
46▼13Montgomery County, MOMO11,5902.7+81%
47▼12Lincoln County, MOMO66,6762.7+40%
48▲30Monroe County, MOMO8,9592.7+62%
49▲11Jasper County, MOMO127,4282.7+51%
50▲20Pettis County, MOMO44,2542.8+54%
51▼3Moniteau County, MOMO15,4282.8+61%
52▼5Henry County, MOMO22,6712.8+43%
53▼8Gasconade County, MOMO14,7842.8+50%
54▲11Bates County, MOMO16,5122.8+89%
55▲4Bollinger County, MOMO10,6462.8+91%
56▼17Ripley County, MOMO10,7172.8+34%
57▲7Andrew County, MOMO18,2412.8+62%
58▲53Shannon County, MOMO7,2852.9+71%
59▲12Lawrence County, MOMO39,4012.9+55%
60▼6Jefferson County, MOMO233,1322.9+42%
61Newton County, MOMO62,2632.9+47%
62▲25Cooper County, MOMO17,1362.9+68%
63▲3Osage County, MOMO13,6112.9+65%
64▼7Madison County, MOMO12,8582.9+51%
65▲40Texas County, MOMO25,9942.9+44%
66▲13Pulaski County, MOMO54,4422.9+26%
67▼4St. Francois County, MOMO67,8092.9+53%
68▼31McDonald County, MOMO23,9923.0+63%
69▲11Butler County, MOMO41,9043.0+35%
70▼21St. Clair County, MOMO9,9763.0+89%
71▼18Dent County, MOMO14,5843.0+44%
72▲2Perry County, MOMO19,0933.0+64%
73▲4Nodaway County, MOMO20,1743.0+68%
74▲11Crawford County, MOMO22,9293.0+56%
75▼49Randolph County, MOMO24,5133.0+92%
76▼42Vernon County, MOMO19,9463.0+87%
77▼4St. Charles County, MOMO426,4993.1+47%
78▲5Cole County, MOMO77,9083.1+55%
79▲10Franklin County, MOMO108,0903.1+52%
80▼12Clay County, MOMO265,0323.1+57%
81▼23Laclede County, MOMO36,9433.2+51%
82▼40Dade County, MOMO7,8043.2+94%
83▲23Carter County, MOMO5,4183.2+62%
84▲4Warren County, MOMO39,0163.2+45%
85▼16Clinton County, MOMO21,6613.2+79%
86▼10Webster County, MOMO43,0543.2+62%
87▼3Barry County, MOMO36,2003.2+46%
88▲14Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,9993.2+40%
89▼3Christian County, MOMO96,7253.3+46%
90▲10St. Louis County, MOMO990,9113.3+54%
91▼16Cass County, MOMO115,8593.3+62%
92▲5Wright County, MOMO19,6713.3+66%
93▼11Ste. Genevieve County, MOMO18,6893.3+70%
94▼13Jackson County, MOMO732,9943.4+61%
95▼49Reynolds County, MOMO5,9923.4+90%
96Benton County, MOMO20,5363.4+50%
97▼5Howell County, MOMO40,7983.4+54%
98▼3Miller County, MOMO25,8173.4+45%
99▼1Polk County, MOMO33,6043.5+63%
100▼59Cedar County, MOMO14,8883.5+73%
101▼11Johnson County, MOMO56,6703.5+47%
102▲2St. Louis, MOMO278,1443.5+38%
103▲6Phelps County, MOMO45,2473.5+57%
104▲4Dallas County, MOMO18,0253.6+78%
105▼14Platte County, MOMO114,4003.6+69%
106▲1Greene County, MOMO309,2863.6+52%
107▲7Morgan County, MOMO22,4183.6+55%
108▼15Douglas County, MOMO12,3423.7+77%
109▼8Maries County, MOMO8,3973.7+104%
110▲2Boone County, MOMO191,7463.7+47%
111▼1Ozark County, MOMO9,1723.8+68%
112▼9Taney County, MOMO57,0013.9+39%
113Stone County, MOMO32,5033.9+39%
114▼64Hickory County, MOMO9,0444.5+94%
115Camden County, MOMO44,0474.6+46%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES