Licking, Missouri.
Typical home $198,062 (+7.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$629 (+153%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,034 +8%
- $184,028$198,062 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $53,286 +37%
- $144,776$198,062 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.
- Licking$1,040
- 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 Licking, MO rose 7.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Licking, Texas County, Missouri
Licking is a city of 2,851 people in Texas County. 53% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 47% are rented. Unemployment in Texas County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Licking is a small Missouri city in Texas County, with a population that has stayed modest. Residents are somewhat younger than in many small towns, and about as many households rent as own, so homes here are lived in by their owners less often than in much of rural America. Very few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with a good deal of snow for the region, and summers turn warm and rainy.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with government, shops, and restaurants and hotels close behind. Across Texas County, the largest workplaces include Texas County Memorial Hospital, Houston R-I Schools and Walmart. The usual trip to work is short, and a small share of people work from home. Unemployment across the county is lower than it was a year ago, though the county has slightly fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. Spring Creek and Pigeon Creek run in or beside town, which makes water close at hand for a walk along the bank. Boone Creek is a short drive away, another stream to visit without going far. For a longer outing, Montauk State Park is a protected area a longer drive off.
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- 672households
- 6%of adults have a degree
- 18 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Texas County had 5,831 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 11 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Licking 4N weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Texas County
- Texas County Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital264FTE
- Houston R-I SchoolsSchool district178FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters172
- Dairy Farmers of America148
- Intercounty Electric Cooperative AssociationDistribution of electric power119
- Licking R-viii SchoolsSchool district102FTE
- Cabool R-IV SchoolsSchool district98FTE
- Kabul Nursing HomesNursing homes96
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 690 people in all across the county; Licking has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) 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
- Cold wavesVery high
- Heat wavesVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Licking’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 Texas County.
Licking home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Licking$198,062
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 8 Licking 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.
- Licking12.48%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Licking29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Licking6
Zip codes with a Licking address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Licking — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.