Rents are right about where Warrensburg's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,101 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Warrensburg usually run 0.6% below trend in December and 0.5% above it in April, about $12 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Warrensburg is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in December 2020.
Rent in Warrensburg changed +5.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 60 Missouri cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.4%.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 11 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($57,067) is $1,427 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,140); a 3-bedroom is $1,490.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Warrensburg. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Warrensburg, MO is roughly split between renters and owners, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 37.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Warrensburg, MO has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Warrensburg, MO has increased from $804 to $1,101, a 36.9% change over five years. Median household income rose from $52,335 to $57,067 between 2021 and 2024, a 9.0% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. Taken together, the five-year picture in Warrensburg, MO reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Warrensburg is $1,101/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $890/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,140/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $990/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,490/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($57,067/yr), Warrensburg ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.7% over the past year.
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