Kennett, Missouri.
Typical home $115,739 (+10.7% in a year). Kennett, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$249 (+70%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,212 +11%
- $104,527$115,739 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $4,634 +4%
- $111,105$115,739 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.
- Kennett$607
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 85 years.
Typical home values in Kennett, MO rose 10.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri
Kennett is a city of 10,515 people in Dunklin County. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in Dunklin County was 6.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Kennett is a small city and the seat of Dunklin County, in the Missouri Bootheel. Residents tend to be somewhat older than in many places, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Incomes across the county run below the national picture, and a good many households live below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and homes are typically modest in price. Winters are cold but not severe, with daytime highs that stay cool and nights that dip below freezing, while summers are hot.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in manufacturing, shops, and restaurants and hotels. Among the largest workplaces in Kennett are Walmart, Kennett 39 Schools and National Health Care. Unemployment across Dunklin County has held steady over the past year, though the county has lost some jobs. Most people drive a short way to work, and very few work from home.
Things to do. Outdoor and historical sites lie a longer drive from town. Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area, and Morris State Park is another. Those interested in the region's past can visit Chalk Bluff, an archaeological site, also a longer drive away.
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- 4,244households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dunklin County had 8,997 jobs in 2025, 1.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kennett Radio Kboa weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kennett
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters298
- Kennett 39 SchoolsSchool district259FTE
- National Health CareSkilled nursing facilities125
- Harp's Food StoreRetail grocery71
- Americare Senior LivingHealthcare45
- Pepsi MidAmerica CoBeverages, soft drink, manufacturing37
- Central Illinois Manufacturing Company Cim-tekFilters automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing29
- KennettMail and parcel delivery26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 654 people in all. School districts come 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- EarthquakesVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kennett’s 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 Dunklin County and the Kennett, MO metro.
Kennett home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kennett$115,739
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Kennett listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Kennett16.19%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kennett41
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kennett10
Zip codes with a Kennett address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kennett — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.