Home values, rents and more in Cape Girardeau, MO
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Cape Girardeau compares
The typical home in Cape Girardeau, MO is worth about $219,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cape Girardeau are about the same as the typical value in the Cape Girardeau metro area ($226,000) and 40% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Cape Girardeau rose 4.4%, compared with +4.3% in the Cape Girardeau metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $944 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% below the Cape Girardeau metro area ($1,013) and 51% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $55,658, against $66,759 in the Cape Girardeau metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 40,344 people live in Cape Girardeau (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Cape Girardeau has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 12 cities in the Cape Girardeau metro area and the 286th-lowest of 686 in Missouri with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cape Girardeau County, MO · Cape Girardeau metro area · Missouri
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.