A typical Bellefonte home is worth roughly $188,000
Home prices around Bellefonte have risen about 61% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Bellefonte?
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What it takes to buy in Bellefonte
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That covers a typical Bellefonte home, with $62K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $190 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.
Home prices up 61% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Bellefonte 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 Bellefonte, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880
Renters already here pay a median of $718, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
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.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Bellefonte in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Bellefonte's population fell by 43 even though 26 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Arkansas: 1.1 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $375,000 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $375,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $75,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $75,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $167,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $255,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $255,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $215,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Bellefonte's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
52% of Bellefonte households own their home
Half of Bellefonte’s homes were built before 1972.
Arkansas: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bellefonte 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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.