A typical Oppelo home is worth roughly $153,000
Home prices around Oppelo have risen about 57% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Oppelo?
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Home prices up 57% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Oppelo rose 57% over the past 5 years, faster than across Arkansas (52%). Last year prices rose 9.4%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Oppelo home at roughly $153,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $153K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Oppelo, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 2.3 years of income
Less than across Arkansas (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Oppelo home, with $119K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $880 a month here, $10 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Oppelo’s typical property tax (0.49% 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
Renters already here pay a median of $787, 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 (Conway 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 Oppelo in 2025 or in any year since 2013.
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 | 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 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
80% of Oppelo households own their home
Half of Oppelo’s homes were built before 1979.
Arkansas: 66% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Oppelo 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. 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.