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Housing in Waldo

A typical Waldo home is worth roughly $62,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$62K
AR $227K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$950
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$353
AR $1,040

What kind of housing town is Waldo?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$167,000
Typical Waldo home $62K

That covers a typical Waldo home, with $105K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$350
Loan $310Tax $30Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $950 a month here, $600 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Waldo’s typical property tax (0.57% 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 $950

Renters already here pay a median of $539, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$720
2 bedrooms$950
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,260
20%
of households rent · AR 34%
94
renter households
29%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · AR 45%
28%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$539
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Columbia 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 Waldo in 2025 or in any year since 2000.

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−221
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Waldo's population fell by 221 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
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2001000—
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Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

80% of Waldo households own their home

Half of Waldo’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Arkansas: 66% own.

1975
typical home built · AR 1987
$353
median property tax bill · AR $1,040
0.57%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AR 0.55%
12%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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