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The median home value in Howell County, MO is $226,689 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.79% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$226,689
Year-over-Year
+6.79%
National Rank
#1641 of 3071
Howell County ranks 52nd out of 113 counties in MO by median home price, and is -3.3% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within MO, the typical county has a median home value of $222,896, making Howell County +1.7% above the MO state median.
Households here earn a median of $50,993 a year against a typical home value of $226,689 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.4×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 74% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Howell County recorded a violent crime rate of 321 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,617 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 14,965 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Howell County is $226,689. That's up 6.79% from a year earlier. That is about 3.3% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Howell County the 52nd most expensive of 113 counties in Missouri.
Median household income here is $50,993, so a typical home costs about 4.4× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Howell County recorded 321 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 14,965 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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