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Cameron, MO Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Cameron, MO Housing Market Trends

With 8,678 people, 2,909 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $223,339, house prices in Cameron are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Cameron, accounting for 65.25% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Cameron include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 17.87%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.30%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 7.98%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Cameron are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 37.87% owning and 62.13% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Cameron built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Cameron built between 2000 and later ( 24.71%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 22.33%). There's also some housing in Cameron built between 1940-1969 ( 18.97%).

Cameron Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Cameron have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 100.15%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Cameron house appreciation rate of 7.19%.

Appreciation rates are so strong in Cameron that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Cameron real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Cameron appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 6.82%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 72.96% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Cameron. Cameron appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at -0.71%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.81%.

Notably, Cameron's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.

Relative to Missouri, our data show that Cameron's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Missouri.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$223,339

Cameron, MO Home Prices
> $1,339,000
$1,004,001 - $1,339,000
$669,001 - $1,004,000
$536,001 - $669,000
$402,001 - $536,000
$268,001 - $402,000
$134,001 - $268,000
$67,001 - $134,000
$0 - $67,000
1.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.3%
3.2%
3.2%
5.0%
5.0%
9.4%
9.4%
19.2%
19.2%
42.1%
42.1%
14.0%
14.0%
5.9%
5.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Average

for Missouri

Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

2,909

Cameron Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,578 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
37.9%
37.9%
62.1%
62.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
7.9%
7.9%
92.1%
92.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
24.7%
24.7%
34.0%
34.0%
19.0%
19.0%
22.3%
22.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
65.3%
65.3%
8.0%
8.0%
17.9%
17.9%
8.3%
8.3%
0.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
1.5%
1.5%
13.7%
13.7%
28.5%
28.5%
43.4%
43.4%
12.0%
12.0%
0.9%
0.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Cameron

Zip Codes in Cameron, MO