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The median home value in Bates County, MO is $230,501 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$230,501
Year-over-Year
+3.62%
National Rank
#1587 of 3071
Bates County ranks 47th out of 113 counties in MO by median home price, and is -1.6% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within MO, the typical county has a median home value of $222,896, making Bates County +3.4% above the MO state median.
Households here earn a median of $60,733 a year against a typical home value of $230,501 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.8×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 56% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Bates County recorded a violent crime rate of 1,011 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 2,272 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 6,031 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Bates County is $230,501. That's up 3.62% from a year earlier. That is about 1.6% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Bates County the 47th most expensive of 113 counties in Missouri.
Median household income here is $60,733, so a typical home costs about 3.8× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Bates County recorded 1,011 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 6,031 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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