Cadet, Missouri.
Typical home $228,429 (+11.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$711 (+146%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $22,982 +11%
- $205,447$228,429 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $57,379 +34%
- $171,050$228,429 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Cadet$1,199
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Cadet, MO rose 11.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Cadet, Washington County, Missouri
The Census does not count Cadet on its own, so the figures here are Washington County's. Half the county's households earn more than $56,043 a year and half less; 17% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 78% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Cadet is a small community in Washington County, in the hilly eastern part of Missouri. Most homes here are lived in by their owners, and the population is middle-aged, with many residents who have lived in the area for years. Home prices are lower than in many parts of the country, and the town has a quiet, rural feel.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, in manufacturing, or in local shops. Jobs have held roughly steady over the past year, and unemployment has eased compared with a year earlier. Most people drive to work, and few work from home. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in most of the country, and household incomes are modest.
Things to do. Washington State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away and makes a good day trip for walking and being outdoors. Several rivers and creeks, including Arnault Branch and Clear Creek, are a short drive from town. Meramec Caverns, a well-known tourist attraction, is a longer drive away.
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- 8,920households
- 40.7median age
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 38 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 4,998 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 67°. About 12 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Potosi Southwest weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Elara CaringHome health care agencies257
- Potosi R-iii SchoolsSchool district215FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters211
- Red Wing Shoe Co. PotosiFootwear manufacturing209
- Washington County Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital166FTE
- Kingston K-14 SchoolsSchool district122FTE
- Tide HealthGroupSkilled nursing facilities111
- Great Mines Health Center - PotosiCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient78
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,053 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Washington County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County.
Cadet home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Cadet$228,429
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Cadet address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Cadet — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Cadet
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63630 | Cadet | 4,006 | — | $209,878 |
| 63626 | Blackwell | 588 | — | $285,892 |