Patterson, Missouri.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$768 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
Living in Patterson, Wayne County, Missouri
The Census does not count Patterson on its own, so the figures here are Wayne County's. Half the county's households earn more than $47,226 a year and half less; 26% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 75% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Wayne County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Wayne County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Patterson is a small town in Wayne County, in the hills of southeast Missouri. Across the county, the population is older than in most of the country, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than across the nation. Most homes are lived in by their owners, more than in most of the country. Winters are cold, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Across Wayne County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in factories, and in transport, warehousing and utilities. Unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier, and the number of jobs has barely changed. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in most of the country, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Big Creek runs in or beside town, and Sam A. Baker State Park, a protected area, is also in or beside town. For a longer outing, Lake Wappapello, a reservoir, lies a longer drive away.
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- 4,623households
- 48.6median age
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 26%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Wayne County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wayne County had 2,272 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Clearwater Dam weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wayne County
- Clearwater R-I SchoolsSchool district130FTE
- Greenville R-II SchoolsSchool district78FTE
- Americare Senior LivingHealthcare69
- Greenville Healthcare CenterSkilled nursing facilities62
- Impact FisheriesFish manufacturing54
- Fine LaboratoriesHarness assemblies for electronic use manufacturing52
- Kerry IngredientsBeverage bases manufacturing36
- Services for Extended EmploymentSheltered workshops29
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 324 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
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Wayne County, 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 Wayne County.
Patterson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Patterson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Patterson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.