Boone County presents a price-validation tension: Zillow’s county median home value was $301,979, up 5.06% in the observation labeled 2026-06, while FHFA’s repeat-transaction HPI rose 0.19% in its annual observation labeled 2025. FHFA also reports 52.04% cumulative growth on its supplied multiyear measure, but it is an index rather than a home value and cannot be blended with Zillow’s differently timed measure. Buyers dependent on resale validation or rental cash flow should investigate; leverage-sensitive buyers should be cautious.
Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. The HUD FMR is $961 per month, a payment standard rather than an estimate of asking rent, and cannot substitute for rent. The effective property-tax rate is 1.03%, with a $1,781 median annual tax. Those carrying-cost facts matter against the acquisition price, but no assessed value, insurance cost, or property-specific tax bill is supplied.
QCEW records 2,438 annual average covered jobs at county workplaces, down 0.57%; it is not resident employment or an unemployment measure. The covered-worker average weekly wage was $1,024. Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector, not a description of the whole economy. Tax-return migration shows 95 households moved in and 101 moved out, while incoming average AGI exceeded outgoing average AGI by $4,397. Investors accounted for 7 of 33 purchase mortgages, a calculated 21.21% share, indicating a meaningful participant group but not the terms or condition of its purchases.
Modeled climate loss is 0.21% of building value per year, with inland flood identified as the dominant hazard. This county-level model does not establish parcel exposure, flood-insurance availability, premiums, or prior damage. Realtor.com MLS listing-price, active-listing, days-on-market, and price-reduction figures are not published in this record, preventing a current view of visible supply, seller concessions, and marketing time. Next checks are property-level flood maps and insurance quotes, achieved rents and lease terms, operating costs, and closed-sale comparables.