Chamois, Missouri.
Typical home $188,868 (+4.3% in a year). Jefferson City, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$50 (+5%) since Dec 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $7,733 +4%
- $181,135$188,868 since Sep 2025
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.
- Chamois$991
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Chamois, MO rose 4.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Chamois, Osage County, Missouri
Chamois is a city of 377 people in Osage County. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Osage County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 3.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Osage County work in schools and health care, then government.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Chamois is a very small city, and most of its homes are lived in by the people who own them, which is a higher share of owners than many places have. Homes here cost less than the typical American home, and household incomes across Osage County sit a little above what many rural counties see. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and winters are cold and snowy while summers turn warm.
Work. People in Chamois work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with government, manufacturing and shops also employing many residents. Across Osage County, the largest workplaces include Quaker Window Co. - Main Plant, State Technical College of Missouri and StoneBridge Westphalia. The usual trip to work is long, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Auxvasse Creek runs in or beside town, and Research Cave, an archaeological site, is a short drive away. For a longer outing, Graham Cave State Park, a protected area, and the National Churchill Museum are both a longer drive away.
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- 152households
- 10%of adults have a degree
- 38 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Osage County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Osage County had 4,444 jobs in 2025, 3.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 19 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fulton weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Osage County
- Quaker Window Co. - Main PlantMetal window and door manufacturing604
- State Technical College of MissouriTwo-year college282
- Osage Ambulances151
- Osage Co. R-iii SchoolsSchool district127FTE
- Osage Co. R-II SchoolsSchool district98FTE
- StoneBridge WestphaliaSkilled nursing facilities88
- Three Rivers Electric Cooperative - LinnElectric power distribution systems45
- Osage Co. R-I SchoolsSchool district28FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 888 people in all across the county; Chamois has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- Heat wavesVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Chamois’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Osage County and the Jefferson City, MO metro.
Chamois home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Chamois$188,868
- 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Chamois address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Chamois — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.