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The median home value in West Plains, MO is $230,049 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.92% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$230,049
Year-over-Year
+5.92%
Population
12,734
West Plains ranks #78 of 113 Missouri cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 15.2% below the state's city median of $271,406. It sits in Howell County, where the county-wide median is $226,689.
Median household income in West Plains is $44,002, so the typical home value is about 5.2× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
West Plains police recorded a violent crime rate of 361 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,806 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In West Plains, that value is $230,049. That's up 5.92% from a year earlier. It is about 15.2% below the typical Missouri city tracked here.
Homes in West Plains are more expensive than Howell County as a whole, where the median is $226,689 — a difference of about 1.5%.
Median household income here is $44,002, so the typical home value is about 5.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
West Plains police reported 361 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,734. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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