Senath, Missouri.
Typical home $100,560 (+20.5% in a year). Kennett, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$216 (+69%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,111 +21%
- $83,448$100,560 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $2,554 +3%
- $98,005$100,560 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.
- Senath$528
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Senath, MO rose 20.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Senath, Dunklin County, Missouri
Senath is a city of 1,593 people in Dunklin County. 57% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 43% 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 people in Dunklin County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Senath is a small city in Dunklin County, in the far southeastern corner of Missouri known as the Bootheel. It is a young town, with residents who are younger than in most of the country, and most households own the homes they live in. Incomes in the county run on the modest side, and homes here cost less than in much of the country. Winters are cold but not severe, with January the coldest month and frosty nights, while July brings hot days.
Work. Residents of Senath work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and almost nobody works from home, so most people travel to a job, and the typical commute is a fairly long one. Across Dunklin County, some of the largest workplaces are Walmart, the Kennett 39 Schools and National Health Care. Unemployment in the county is higher than in many places, and the number of jobs has slipped a little over the past year.
Things to do. Outdoor time is the main draw nearby. Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, and Herman Davis State Park are both a longer drive away, and so is Crowley's Ridge State Park. For a different sort of outing, George Ray's Dragstrip, a race track, is also a longer drive from town.
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- 532households
- 6%of adults have a degree
- 24%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Dunklin County 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, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dunklin County
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters298
- Kennett 39 SchoolsSchool district259FTE
- National Health CareSkilled nursing facilities125
- Quality Roofing Contractors of SEMORoofing contractors125
- Malden R-I SchoolsSchool district117FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores107
- Campbell Healthcare & Senior LivingNursing homes84
- Senath-hornersville C-8 SchoolsSchool district82FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,184 people in all across the county; Senath 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Senath’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 Dunklin County and the Kennett, MO metro.
Senath home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Senath$100,560
- 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.
Zip codes with a Senath address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Senath — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.