Lathrop, Missouri.
Typical home $293,800 (+6.1% in a year). Kansas City, MO-KS metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$919 (+147%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,983 +6%
- $276,818$293,800 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $76,649 +35%
- $217,151$293,800 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.
- Lathrop$1,542
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Lathrop, MO rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lathrop, Clinton County, Missouri
Lathrop is a city of 2,271 people in Clinton County. Half its households earn more than $67,178 a year and half less, against $70,627 across Clinton County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% are rented. Unemployment in Clinton County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 10.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lathrop is a small city in Clinton County, Missouri, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run somewhat below the county's, and a smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than is common nationally. Winters are cold and summers are warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Commutes are fairly long, and a modest number of people work from home. Across Clinton County, some of the largest workplaces are Cameron R-I Schools, Black & Veatch and Lathrop R-II Schools, and the county has gained jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Shoal Creek runs in or beside town, and Camp Branch and Deer Creek are creeks a short drive away. Wallace State Park, a protected area, is also a short drive away and is the nearest place for a walk among trees and water. For a longer outing, Worlds of Fun is an amusement park a longer drive away, and Liberty Jail is a museum, also a longer drive away.
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- 931households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Clinton County had 4,932 jobs in 2025, 10.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 67°. About 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cameron weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Clinton County
- Cameron R-I SchoolsSchool district235FTE
- Black & VeatchAlternative energy structure construction222
- Lathrop R-II SchoolsSchool district134FTE
- East Buchanan Co. C-1 SchoolsSchool district93FTE
- Clinton Co. R-iii SchoolsSchool district89FTE
- Paradise LockerMeats fresh, chilled or frozen, produced in slaughtering plants47
- Decker Construction ServicesDistribution line, sewer and water, construction45
- Redgate DisposalGarbage collection services37
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 351 people in all across the county; Lathrop has two of its own. 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
- HailRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lathrop’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Clinton County and the Kansas City, MO-KS metro.
Lathrop home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lathrop$293,800
- 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.
- Lathrop16
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lathrop8
Zip codes with a Lathrop address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lathrop — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.