A typical Lamar home is worth about $183,000
Up 9.8% in a year, 8% below the Mississippi typical home.
What kind of housing town is Lamar?
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Up 8.1% in five years
Slower than Mississippi (12.5%).
Show as a table
| January | Lamar | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $179,000 | $185,000 |
| 2023 | $162,000 | $188,000 |
| 2024 | $155,000 | $188,000 |
| 2025 | $164,000 | $195,000 |
| 2026 | $173,000 | $195,000 |
| August 2026 | $183,000 | $198,000 |
A typical Lamar home worth $165K in February 2021 is worth about $183K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
What it takes to buy in Lamar
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That covers a typical Lamar home, with $41K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $50 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Mississippi typical property tax (0.72% 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 $1,020
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Benton County, MS HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
On the market in Lamar
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Lamar buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.