Housing Market in Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau's housing market runs genuinely affordable, consistent with the city's role as a regional anchor for a broader, lower-cost rural southeast Missouri area.

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Genuinely affordable, steadily appreciating values

Zillow's average home value ran $220,162, up a real, modest 4.2% year-over-year -- steady appreciation from a genuinely affordable base.

A regional anchor with real, positive population growth

Cape Girardeau's population has grown modestly since the 2020 Census, drawing from a wider surrounding Bootheel/southeast Missouri catchment even as parts of that broader rural region face longer-run decline.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-27. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.