A typical Vardaman home is worth about $129,000
Down 4.9% in a year, 35% below the Mississippi typical home.
What kind of housing town is Vardaman?
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A typical home costs 3.4 years of income
About the same as across Mississippi. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $2K short of a typical Vardaman home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $840 a month here, $60 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Vardaman’s typical property tax (2.07% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Down 8% in five years
Slower than Mississippi (12.5%).
Show as a table
| January | Vardaman | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $149,000 | $185,000 |
| 2023 | $153,000 | $188,000 |
| 2024 | $148,000 | $188,000 |
| 2025 | $153,000 | $195,000 |
| 2026 | $132,000 | $195,000 |
| August 2026 | $129,000 | $198,000 |
A typical Vardaman home worth $133K in February 2021 is worth about $129K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $840
Renters already here pay a median of $465, 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 (Calhoun County, MS): 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 Vardaman in 2025. The last year with any was 2018 (3 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Vardaman's population fell by 206 even though 17 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year.
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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $103,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $103,000 |
Vardaman's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
74% of Vardaman households own their home
Half of Vardaman’s homes were built before 1983.
Mississippi: 70% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Vardaman buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. 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.