Tecumseh, Missouri.
Typical home $237,146 (+11.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$743 (+148%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $24,106 +11%
- $213,040$237,146 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $65,979 +39%
- $171,167$237,146 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.
- Tecumseh$1,245
- 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 Tecumseh, MO rose 11.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Tecumseh, Ozark County, Missouri
The Census does not count Tecumseh on its own, so the figures here are Ozark County's. Half the county's households earn more than $44,163 a year and half less; 22% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 82% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Ozark County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Ozark County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Tecumseh is a small town in Ozark County, in the Ozark Hills of southern Missouri. Across the county, the population is noticeably older than in most of the country, and most homes are lived in by their owners. Renting is less common here than across the state, and relatively few adults hold a college degree. Winters are cold, summers are warm, and snow is light, though the area receives a good deal of rain over the year.
Work. Schools, hospitals and social care, manufacturing, shops and the building trades are among the main kinds of work residents do. Unemployment across the county is somewhat higher than it was a year earlier, while job numbers have edged up slightly. Many residents make short trips to their jobs, and fewer people work from home than in many parts of the country.
Things to do. Bryant Creek runs in or beside the town, and Caney Creek is also in or beside it, both useful for a walk or a quiet afternoon by the water. Bull Shoals Lake, a reservoir, is a longer drive away and offers a larger expanse of open water. Bryant Creek State Park, a protected area, is also a longer drive and is a good choice for those who enjoy time outdoors among the hills.
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- 3,709households
- 51.4median age
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What people in Ozark County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ozark County had 1,519 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 6 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dora 3SE weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ozark County
- Gainesville R-V SchoolsSchool district171FTE
- Bakersfield R-IV SchoolsSchool district71FTE
- Rainbow Trout and Game RanchResort hotels without casinos70
- Gainesville Health Care CenterSkilled nursing facilities58
- Lutie R-VI SchoolsSchool district48FTE
- Dora R-iii SchoolsSchool district43FTE
- American Pacific/Applicators, wood, manufacturing28
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 156 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively 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 Ozark County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Ozark County.
Tecumseh home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Tecumseh$237,146
- 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.
- Tecumseh9
Zip codes with a Tecumseh address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Tecumseh — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.