A typical Batavia home is worth roughly $221,000
Home prices around Batavia have risen about 61% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Batavia?
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87% of Batavia households own their home
Half of Batavia’s homes were built before 1998.
Arkansas: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Home prices up 61% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Batavia rose 61% over the past 5 years, faster than across Arkansas (52%). Last year prices rose 1.9%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Batavia, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
What it takes to buy in Batavia
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That covers a typical Batavia home, with $28K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $380 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Arkansas typical property tax (0.55% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Boone County, AR): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Neighbors talk housing
What Batavia buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.