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Home values, rents and more in Wardsville, MO

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$365,000
Metro: $275,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+6.3%
Metro: +7.1% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,579
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$121,222
Metro: $74,030 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Wardsville, MO, shaded by typical home valueWardsville65101
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ZIP codes around Wardsville, MO, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Wardsville is outlined.

How Wardsville compares

The typical home in Wardsville, MO is worth about $365,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wardsville are 33% above the typical value in the Jefferson City metro area ($275,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Wardsville rose 6.3%, compared with +7.1% in the Jefferson City metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $121,222, against $74,030 in the Jefferson City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,579 people live in Wardsville (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Wardsville has the 3rd-highest typical home value of the 24 cities in the Jefferson City metro area and the 68th-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.

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