Chillicothe, Missouri.
Typical home $188,015 (+0.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$541 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,037 +1%
- $186,978$188,015 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,676 +31%
- $143,339$188,015 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.
- Chillicothe$987
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.
Typical home values in Chillicothe, MO rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri
Chillicothe is a city of 9,107 people in Livingston County. Half its households earn more than $54,493 a year and half less, against $63,627 across Livingston County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 64% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Livingston County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Chillicothe is a small city and the center of Livingston County, with a population that has stayed fairly steady in recent years. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest. Household incomes run below the county's, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and manufacturing. Some of the largest workplaces in town are Hedrick Medical Center, Sonoco and Donaldson Company. Commutes are short, and few people work from home. Across Livingston County, unemployment has eased over the past year, though the county has lost a small share of its jobs.
Things to do. The best-known places nearby are Pershing State Park and Crowder State Park, both protected areas a longer drive away. Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, also a longer drive, is another protected area for time outdoors. Winters are cold with some snow, and summers are warm, with a fair amount of rain and melted snow through the year.
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- 3,390households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Livingston County had 6,113 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 67°. About 14 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chillicothe 2S weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Chillicothe
- Hedrick Medical CenterCritical access hospital246FTE
- SonocoThermoforming163
- Donaldson CompanyAir purification equipment, stationary, manufacturing138
- Hy-VeeSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores121
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter110
- Morningside CenterNursing homes100
- Americold Logistics, LLC: ChillicotheWarehousing, refrigerated68
- Chillicothe Iron & Steel64
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 18 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,515 people in all. Hospitals come 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of ChillicotheRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of ChillicotheRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of ChillicotheRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Chillicothe’s census tracts, 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 Livingston County.
Chillicothe home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Chillicothe$188,015
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Chillicothe listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Chillicothe18.55%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Chillicothe55
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Chillicothe17
Zip codes with a Chillicothe address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Chillicothe — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.