Neosho, Missouri.
Typical home $230,282 (+5.7% in a year), asking rent $1,180 . Joplin, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$724 (+149%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,366 +6%
- $217,917$230,282 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $69,985 +44%
- $160,297$230,282 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.
- Neosho$1,209
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Neosho, MO rose 5.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Neosho, Newton County, Missouri
Neosho is a city of 12,590 people in Newton County. Half its households earn more than $57,891 a year and half less, against $66,301 across Newton County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Newton County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 8.1% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Neosho is a small city in Newton County, in the southwest corner of Missouri. The population is younger than in many American towns, and incomes run below the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a four-year degree is held by a minority of adults. Winters are cold, with a little snow, and summers are hot, with a fair amount of rain across the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. La-Z-Boy, the Neosho School District and Crowder College are among the largest workplaces in town. Commutes are short, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The George Washington Carver National Monument, a protected area, is a short drive away. In or beside town are the Neosho National Fish Hatchery, a park, and Fort Crowder. For time near water, Cedar Creek is a short drive away, and the Elk River is a longer drive.
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- 4,699households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Newton County had 23,014 jobs in 2025, 8.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 70°. About 8 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Neosho weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Neosho
- La-Z-BoyUpholstered furniture, household-type, custom, manufacturing850
- Neosho School DistrictSchool district666FTE
- Crowder CollegeTwo-year college618
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters421
- MeadowCreek FoodsEggs, processed, manufacturing149
- Freeman Neosho HospitalCritical access hospital142FTE
- K&S Wire ProductsRacks, household-type, made from purchased wire90
- Marco GroupMail carrier cases and tables, wood, manufacturing62
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,099 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Neosho’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 Newton County and the Joplin, MO metro.
Neosho home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Neosho$230,282
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Neosho listings, and the typical home goes pending in 19 days — 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.
- Neosho25.27%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Neosho19
- United States21
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Neosho110
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Neosho30
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Neosho$265,548
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Neosho98.81%
Zip codes with a Neosho address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Neosho — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.