The story of this market
The typical home in Maries County, Missouri sells for about $193,100, or $115 per square foot.
Prices are down 3.1% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 87 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 51% since 2003. 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.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2003–2025
0%
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: 2017 (+14.5%). Worst: 2012 (-4.7%). 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
$1,312
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, 2003–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 3 census tracts in this county (2003 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
83
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $7,527,294.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
74.8%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 282 | 148 | 74.8% | 17.9% | $175,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Maries County, Missouri
Maries County is experiencing a slow, rural market characterized by low inventory and a declining population. Home values remain affordable compared to state averages, but limited economic growth and an aging demographic continue to constrain market activity.
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.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 3 cities · 3 ZIP reports
Median prices moved down 4.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 64 days on market with 5.2 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 97.35% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.5% · poverty 13.5% — 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 3 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.
Maries 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 5.0%/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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researched Sep 27
researched Sep 27
| 65013 | Belle | $325,000 | $175 | -2.2% | 85 | 95.8% | 12% | 6.5 | 426 | $575 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65459 | Dixon | $264,000 | $145 | +4.2% | 84 | 96.2% | 12.5% | 6.4 | 32 | $842 | researched Sep 27 |
| 65582 | Vienna | $263,842 | $135 | -7.4% | 48 | 98.5% | 12% | 4.2 | 84 | $705 | 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 small rural school districts, with educational attainment levels for adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher at approximately 16%.
The area is subject to standard Midwestern weather risks including severe thunderstorms and occasional wind events; flood risk is localized to riverine areas.
The economy is primarily rural and agricultural with a small labor force; there is no significant large-scale industrial or infrastructure development momentum reported.
Property taxes are assessed by the Maries County Assessor based on market value; the effective rate is generally consistent with rural Missouri standards.
Recreational opportunities are primarily rural, including access to local parks, fishing, and outdoor activities typical of the Ozark region.
The rental market is limited and primarily composed of single-family homes, with low turnover and modest demand.
The economy is small and rural with a GDP per capita of $21,027 and a labor force participation rate of 55.1%.
Transportation is entirely dependent on personal vehicles, with no public transit infrastructure available.
The Maries County Assessor manages property valuations for tax purposes.
Parcels are subject to local school district taxes and county-level levies.
Insurance premiums are generally stable but reflect regional exposure to severe weather.
The county has experienced a net population decline over the last five years.
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.
Local community park providing outdoor space.
Data sourced from US Census Bureau and ACS profiles.
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.
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.
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.
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.