Home values, rents and more in Buchanan County, MO
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Buchanan County, MO compares
The typical home in Buchanan County, MO is worth about $191,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Buchanan County, MO are 10% below the typical value in the St. Joseph metro area ($212,000) and 48% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Buchanan County, MO rose 4.1%, compared with +4.9% in the St. Joseph metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,002 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the St. Joseph metro area ($1,004) and 48% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $62,158, against $65,005 in the St. Joseph metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 83,540 people live in Buchanan County, MO (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Buchanan County, MO has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 4 counties in the St. Joseph metro area and the 32nd-lowest of 113 in Missouri with Zillow figures.
Part of: St. Joseph 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.