In Jonesboro, Zillow's typical city home value is $228,425.84 and typical observed market rent is $1,380.88 a month. Their implied gross yield is 7.25%, before every operating cost, financing and capital work. Zillow price equals 4.12x ACS median household income, while annual Zillow rent equals 29.90% of that income. These cross-source ratios frame city affordability and a pre-cost revenue baseline; they do not establish a property's net yield, borrower payment or future performance.
City housing stock has a 45.72% renter share among occupied units and an 8.83% vacancy rate across all units. Those citywide shares frame tenure and slack but do not show whether a specific unit will lease. ACS reports an owner-reported median occupied-home value of $223,200 and median gross rent of $956, including contract rent plus selected utilities. These surveyed occupied-housing measures have a different concept and period from Zillow ZHVI and ZORI, so they should not be averaged or used interchangeably.
Among city renters for whom burden is determined, 54.08% cross the ACS rent-burden threshold. Single-family homes comprise 68.26% of city housing stock, while large multifamily buildings comprise 4.45%. Of vacant city units, 16.80% are listed for rent; this reason share is survey context, not available investment inventory. The ACS population estimate changed from 76,036 to 80,137, a 5.39% change between overlapping ACS vintages; it is not annualized and could reflect boundary change. Median household income is $55,424, while poverty is 22.83% and unemployment 6.31%; these describe demand constraints without proving causation or tenant performance.
Craighead County context shows a median listing time of 55 days and 15.29% of active listings price-reduced, useful for resale-negotiation context but not city liquidity. The Jonesboro, AR metro had 1.00% year-over-year job growth and 3.4 months of housing supply, providing broader labor and resale-supply context; neither figure measures the city. The national Freddie Mac 30-year mortgage rate was 6.66%, a financing benchmark rather than a Jonesboro borrower quote.
Main limitations are aggregation, source-period mismatch, survey error, Zillow's typical-value methodology, and omission of property expenses and financing. Before acting, verify the subject's purchase price, achievable lease terms, utility responsibility, taxes, insurance and climate exclusions, condition, deferred maintenance, capital plan, management and turnover costs, title and zoning, comparable leases and sales, and lender terms. Stress-test vacancy and repairs at the property level; citywide vacancy and renter shares cannot establish lease-up speed, and county, metro and national indicators cannot substitute for an inspection or local records.