A typical Horatio home is worth roughly $123,000
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Horatio?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.7 years of income
Less than across Arkansas (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Horatio home, with $65K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $370 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Horatio’s typical property tax (0.58% 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 $1,070
Renters already here pay a median of $861, 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 (Sevier 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 Horatio in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (4 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Horatio's population fell by 124 even though 5 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $155,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $189,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $90,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
70% of Horatio households own their home
Half of Horatio’s homes were built before 1976.
Arkansas: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
On the market in Horatio
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Horatio 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. 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.