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Blytheville, AR Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Blytheville, AR Housing Market Trends

With 12,706 people, 5,395 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $140,880, house prices in Blytheville are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Blytheville, accounting for 62.13% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Blytheville include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 23.29%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 10.90%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.43%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Blytheville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 50.62% owning and 49.38% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Blytheville built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Blytheville built between 1940-1969 ( 32.60%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 8.54%). There's also some housing in Blytheville built before 1939 ( 7.65%).

Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Blytheville. Fully 25.81% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Blytheville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Blytheville real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.

Blytheville Home Appreciation Rates

Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Blytheville, where house values have increased just 34.08%, which is annualized rate of 2.98%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Blytheville's appreciation rate, at 5.42%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Blytheville's appreciation rate has been 2.22%, which annualizes to a rate of 9.18%.

Importantly, this makes Blytheville one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.

Relative to Arkansas, our data show that Blytheville's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Arkansas.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$140,880

Blytheville, AR Home Prices
> $1,290,000
$967,001 - $1,290,000
$645,001 - $967,000
$516,001 - $645,000
$387,001 - $516,000
$258,001 - $387,000
$129,001 - $258,000
$65,001 - $129,000
$0 - $65,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.6%
0.6%
3.1%
3.1%
10.3%
10.3%
36.5%
36.5%
35.1%
35.1%
14.0%
14.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Low

for Arkansas

Very Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

5,395

Blytheville Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,115 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
50.6%
50.6%
49.4%
49.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
25.8%
25.8%
74.2%
74.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
8.5%
8.5%
51.2%
51.2%
32.6%
32.6%
7.6%
7.6%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
62.1%
62.1%
2.4%
2.4%
23.3%
23.3%
10.9%
10.9%
1.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
4.6%
4.6%
8.4%
8.4%
33.4%
33.4%
41.4%
41.4%
10.6%
10.6%
1.6%
1.6%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Blytheville

Zip Codes in Blytheville, AR