Home values, rents and more in Jefferson City, MO
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Jefferson City compares
The typical home in Jefferson City, MO is worth about $278,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Jefferson City are about the same as the typical value in the Jefferson City metro area ($275,000) and 24% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Jefferson City rose 7.3%, compared with +7.1% in the Jefferson City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,005 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Jefferson City metro area ($1,010) and 48% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $66,371, against $74,030 in the Jefferson City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 42,488 people live in Jefferson City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Jefferson City has the 9th-lowest typical home value of the 24 cities in the Jefferson City metro area and the 201st-highest of 686 in Missouri with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cole County, MO · Jefferson City 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.