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Housing in Desha

A typical Desha home is worth roughly $118,000

Typical home value
$118K
AR $227K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$900
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Desha?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$278,000
Typical Desha home $118K

That covers a typical Desha home, with $161K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$670
Loan $580Tax $50Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $900 a month here, $230 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $900

Renters already here pay a median of $632, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$700
2 bedrooms$900
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,210
17%
of households rent · AR 34%
72
renter households
$632
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

1 of Desha’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Desha’s homes were built before 1984.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Arkansas: 66% own.

1984
typical home built · AR 1987
Historic houses in Desha

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Next door

Desha vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Desha. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Desha$118K*—$900$68,403
Southside$151K*−0.6%†$900$65,655

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

Neighbors talk housing

What Desha buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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. 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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