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Pulaski County, Arkansas

Single-family vs. condo trends, market pressure signals, and 5-year price history. Source: Redfin.

Median Sale Price
$245,000
+20.7% YoY
Active Inventory
1,695
Days on Market
65 days
Price Drops
24.3%

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)
Single-Family Median
$247,448
+3.1% YoY
Condo / Co-op Median
$191,500
-10.3% YoY
SFR vs. Condo YoY Gap
+13.4%
SFR outperforming condos
DOM: SFR vs. Condo
62d / 98d
SFR / Condo

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin
Months of Supply
4.0 mo
Balanced

Inventory ÷ monthly sales. Below 3 = strong seller market; 3-6 balanced; above 6 = buyer market.

Sale-to-List Ratio
97.1%
At asking

Median closing price ÷ original list price. Above 100% = homes routinely closing above asking.

% Sold Above List
14%
Buyer-favorable

Share of closed sales priced above asking. The single cleanest read on bidder competition.

What does your sqft target cost in Pulaski County, Arkansas?

$139/sqft median (Redfin)
+$0 adj
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Estimated price
$278,122
Above median (+14% vs median)
Region median
$245,000
all homes
Price-tier reverse lookup — what sqft does each price band buy?
$600,000
≈ 4,315 sqft
$1,200,000
≈ 8,629 sqft
$2,000,000
≈ 14,382 sqft
$5,000,000
≈ 35,955 sqft

Estimate = (median $/sqft × your sqft) + bed/bath/lot adjustments. Bed and bath adjustments use Appraisal Institute / Fannie Mae standard rules of thumb (~$15K/extra bedroom, ~$20K/extra bathroom vs. a 3bd/2ba baseline; half-bath = half adj). Lot premium is a $1.50/sqft heuristic beyond a 6,000 sqft baseline — accuracy varies sharply by urban infill vs. acreage market. Quality, condition, year built, and HOA are not modeled here. For a deeper county-level hedonic AVM, see AVM Lite.

Rent + invest vs. buy + own — backtested

15-yr rolling history · S&P 500
Property type:
Upfront capital committed (both paths): $56K = 20% down + 3% closing on a $245K home
BUY + OWN
Median ending wealth $215K $131K real
Net gain on $56K upfront: $159K
Range: $215K → $215K
Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $245K asset comes from the 20% down.
RENT + INVEST
Median ending portfolio $459K $310K real
Net gain on $150K contributed: $308K
Range: $212K → $1.23M
Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $150K total.
Median wealth delta: $244K in favor of RENT + INVEST
What if you'd started in a recent year? (most-recent 15yr window: 2011–2025)
WindowBuy wealthBuy gainRent wealthRent gainWealth delta
2011–2025$215K$159K$686K$536K$471K rent
2010–2024$215K$159K$701K$551K$486K rent
2009–2023$215K$159K$677K$527K$462K rent
2008–2022$215K$159K$452K$302K$237K rent
2007–2021$215K$159K$584K$434K$369K rent
2006–2020$215K$159K$502K$351K$286K rent
2005–2019$215K$159K$449K$299K$234K rent
2004–2018$215K$159K$370K$220K$155K rent

Educational tool, not investment or real-estate advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtests use actual annual total returns including dividends from S&P 500 (Damodaran (NYU Stern) annual total return (with dividends), 1957-present.).

Buyer model: 30-yr fixed mortgage, P&I + property tax + insurance + maintenance (1% of value/yr) + HOA. Selling cost = 6%. Investor model: down payment + annual cashflow surplus invested in the chosen index at that calendar year's actual return.

Tax model: pre-tax comparison. Toggle "after-tax mode" to apply MID, SALT, LTCG, and the Sec 121 capital-gains exclusion.

This calculator does not adjust for: PMI (assumed 20%+ down), differential transaction costs by state, lifestyle factors (commute, schools, kids), illiquidity / forced-sale risk, or insurance availability constraints (e.g., FL/CA wildfire). Consult a fiduciary advisor and tax professional before acting on any of this.

Market Pressure Signals

Derived from Redfin trend
Inventory vs. Long-Term Avg
+22.6%
surplus — buyer leverage
DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg
+12.4%
currently 65 days
Long-Term Avg Inventory
1,383
Long-Term Avg DOM
58 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency
State HPI YoY
+4.0%
positive — appreciating
State HPI vs. Peak
0.0%
at or near peak peak 2025-10-01
National Mortgage Delinquency
1.89%
benchmark — 2026-01-01 county-grain delinquency requires paid data

State-grain HPI YoY + drawdown from peak is the cleanest free price-stress proxy. The national delinquency rate gives the macro mortgage-stress backdrop. True county-level mortgage delinquency lives in paid datasets (MBA NDS, CoreLogic LP).

Value Ratios

Median home price ÷ county median income
Value / Income
4.1×
stretched
Median Household Income
$60,385
Census ACS B19013

Historically affordable markets sit at 3–4× income; over 5× is stretched, over 6× is severely overvalued. Lower ratios point to bargain opportunities.

Housing Stock & Owners

Census ACS 5-year (B19013, B01003, B25002, B25003, B25034, B25007)
Population
398,949
total residents
Total Housing Units
192,085
all units, occupied + vacant
Vacancy Rate
11.8%
elevated
Homeownership Rate
57.8%
of occupied units owner-occupied
Boomer Owners (65+)
19.9%
of homeowner households
Millennial / Gen-X Owners (35-54)
6.5%
of homeowner households
Pre-1949 Housing Stock
9.6%
structures built before 1949

When boomer-owner share is high, expect more inventory hitting the market over the next decade as homes transition. High vacancy + high old-stock often signals deferred-maintenance markets where buyers can negotiate.

Net Migration (IRS Tax Returns)

IRS Statistics of Income — Migration Data
Net Migration
-1,106
losing people (2022–2023)
Inbound Returns
6,684
11,372 people moved in
Outbound Returns
7,066
12,478 people moved out
Net Returns
-382
household-filer basis

Top 5 Origins (where movers came from)

  1. Saline, Arkansas — 1,126 returns
  2. Faulkner, Arkansas — 807 returns
  3. Lonoke, Arkansas — 714 returns
  4. Jefferson, Arkansas — 358 returns
  5. Garland, Arkansas — 216 returns

Top 5 Destinations (where movers went)

  1. Saline, Arkansas — 1,338 returns
  2. Lonoke, Arkansas — 847 returns
  3. Faulkner, Arkansas — 813 returns
  4. Washington, Arkansas — 327 returns
  5. Dallas, Texas — 262 returns

IRS Statistics of Income tracks county-to-county migration via tax-return change-of-address. Net migration uses the exemption count (a proxy for people, including dependents). True net flow can lag by 1–2 years vs. real-time movements.

Who's Moving In (Census ACS)

Source: Census ACS B07001 (5-year)
Inbound Movers (1 yr)
22,943
5.82% of pop. — moved here from outside the county
From Other States
9,582
2.43% of pop. — interstate inbound
From Abroad
1,251
moved into the county from outside the U.S.
Same House 1 Year Ago
87%
stable residents

Census ACS asks where people lived 1 year ago, so this counts inbound movers but does not show outbound — true net migration would require IRS SOI parsing.

Trends

Up to 5 years of monthly data

Median Sale Price

Trailing 12 months

Active Inventory

Trailing 12 months

Days on Market

Trailing 12 months

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