Benton, MS housing market
The typical Benton home is worth about $181,000, up 9.5% in a year, 8% below the Mississippi typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Benton compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Benton at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Benton | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $133,000 | $138,000 |
| 2018 | $129,000 | $140,000 |
| 2019 | $135,000 | $144,000 |
| 2020 | $138,000 | $150,000 |
| 2021 | $143,000 | $162,000 |
| 2022 | $166,000 | $185,000 |
| 2023 | $158,000 | $188,000 |
| 2024 | $155,000 | $188,000 |
| 2025 | $170,000 | $195,000 |
| 2026 | $175,000 | $195,000 |
| August 2026 | $181,000 | $198,000 |
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Benton is $1,020 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $800 · 4 bedrooms $1,360
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (39039; Yazoo County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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. Listings link to their publishers.