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Housing in Clarendon

A typical Clarendon home is worth roughly $66,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$66K
AR $227K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$880
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$421
AR $1,040

What kind of housing town is Clarendon?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

Less than across Arkansas (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$137,000
Typical Clarendon home $66K

That covers a typical Clarendon home, with $71K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$380
Loan $330Tax $40Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $500 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Clarendon’s typical property tax (0.64% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

7 of Clarendon’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Clarendon’s homes were built before 1969.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 65%Rent 35%

Arkansas: 66% own.

1969
typical home built · AR 1987
$421
median property tax bill · AR $1,040
0.64%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AR 0.55%
Historic houses in Clarendon

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $880

Renters already here pay a median of $614, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$660
1 bedroom$670
2 bedrooms$880
3 bedrooms$1,060
4 bedrooms$1,240
35%
of households rent · AR 34%
201
renter households
56%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · AR 45%
31%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$614
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Monroe County, AR): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Clarendon in 2025. The last year with any was 2021 (4 new homes).

Single-family2+ homes per building
0102030 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
4
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−138
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Clarendon's population fell by 138 and no new homes were permitted. Across Arkansas: 1.1 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021440$235,000
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004110$50,000
200322220$832,000
2002330$158,000
2001440$235,000
200025025$700,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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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. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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