Russellville, AR
Russellville merits investigation by income-focused buyers comfortable underwriting flood exposure; buyers seeking strong employment or migration momentum should avoid it.
Why this market scores where it does
Written from the figures on this page and then checked against them: every number below had to appear in the source record or recompute from two that did, or the text was rewritten.
Russellville merits investigation by income-focused buyers comfortable underwriting flood exposure; buyers seeking strong employment or migration momentum should avoid it. A $204,626 median value, $974 asking rent and 5.71% gross yield provide a workable entry-income relationship, but that yield is before property expenses.
Rent growth of 4.67% outpaced home-value growth of 2.3%, while rent absorbs 20.48% of median household income. Limited construction and 2.7 months of for-sale supply support the opportunity, although 31.22% of listings with price drops shows buyers may still negotiate.
Demand evidence is mixed: employment growth was slight and tax filings show net household outflow. The dominant hazard is inland flooding, and the annual climate loss ratio is 0.2333%. Treat affordability and constrained supply as strengths, not proof of durable rent demand; verify insurance, property-level flood exposure and achievable rent before bidding.
Frequently Asked Investor Questions
How does asking rent compare with the published fair-market rent benchmark?
Is household migration positive?
What share of purchase mortgages went to non-occupants?
Investor Quick Takeaways
Computed from the current Zillow rent and home-value medians.
Zillow ZORI rent growth trend over trailing 12 months.
Originated investment purchase share (CFPB HMDA).
Annualized loss ratio evaluated for flood & hurricane risk.
Test the market, then test the deal
Keep Russellville as the starting point or move into a more specific property and rent check.
The current market in eight signals
Fast-moving Redfin conditions sit beside the slower fundamentals so a buyer can separate today's negotiating climate from the long-run investment case.
What each component measures
Weights are published, not hidden, and the arithmetic is shown. Five components, each measured as a national percentile across all tracked metros.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job growth | 60 | 30% | 18.00 |
| Rent trend | 69 | 25% | 17.25 |
| Affordability | 79 | 15% | 11.85 |
| Supply pressure | 90 | 15% | 13.50 |
| Climate risk | 17 | 15% | 2.55 |
| Published score | 63 | ||
Job: employment grew 0.21% year over year -> labor-market support is present but thin.
Rent: asking rent rose 4.67% and gross yield is 5.71% -> income metrics are positive, but gross yield excludes property expenses.
Affordability: rent is 20.48% of median household income and price-to-income is 3.58 -> rents and entry pricing appear manageable against local incomes.
Supply: 80 permits, 0.95 permits per thousand residents and 2.7 months of supply -> new supply is limited, although 31.22% of listings had price drops.
Climate: inland flood is the dominant hazard and the annual climate loss ratio is 0.2333% -> property-level flood and insurance review is a priority.
What this market costs and what it earns
Every derived ratio below recomputes from the same source record used by the article and score.
What is being built, and for whom
Permits are the 12-to-24 month early warning. The total matters less than the mix: apartments compete with a rental the day they open.
Demand, and the competition for it
Tax filings say how many households moved and what they earn; mortgage disclosures say how many local purchases went to someone who will not live there. Moves between counties inside this metro are netted out of both flow figures.
What would make this a bad buy
Generated from the same figures with the instruction to argue against the score, and published unedited. A page that only agrees with itself is an advertisement.
Three ways the case breaks
- Inland flood is the dominant hazard, and the annual climate loss ratio adds a material property-level underwriting concern.
- Employment growth was 0.21% and net migration was -18 households, leaving little evidence of demand momentum.
- Price drops affected 31.22% of listings and median market time was 48 days, indicating that low supply does not eliminate resale friction.
Move from the metro average to local evidence
County pages carry tax, migration, listing and hazard records. City pages appear only where direct city price, rent and Census evidence pass the publication gate.
No city in this metro has passed the current city evidence gate.
Metros that behave like Russellville
Nearest neighbours on price level, income, yield and job growth — not on geography. Every market page gets a different peer set, which is the point.
| Metro | Score | Price | Rent | Yield | Job Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville, AR (Target) | 63 | $205k | $974 | 5.7% | ▲ 0.2% |
| Richmond, IN | 76 | $177k | $884 | 6.0% | ▲ 0.3% |
| Greeneville, TN | 65 | $256k | $1,163 | 5.5% | ▲ 0.1% |
| Zanesville, OH | 61 | $214k | $1,088 | 6.1% | ▲ 0.0% |
| Jamestown, NY | 70 | $182k | $972 | 6.4% | ▲ 0.2% |
Where every figure came from
“Checked nightly” means every source is re-pulled and re-verified each night. It does not mean every source moves nightly — the release column tells you how fresh each number can possibly be.
| Dataset Source | Method | Release Period | Pulled Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Census ACS 5-year — household income | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-26 |
| Census ACS 5-year — population | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-26 |
| BLS CES — payroll employment | direct | CES SM current | 2026-07-26 |
| BLS LAUS — resident employment | direct | LAUS current | 2026-07-26 |
| BLS QCEW — county employment and wages | direct | annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 | 2026-07-31 |
| OMB/BLS delineation — metro geography | direct | OMB July 2023 delineation | 2026-07-30 |
| Census Building Permits Survey — permitted units | direct | BPS through 2026 | 2026-07-26 |
| Census ACS 5-year — city population, households and housing | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-29 |
| Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-30 |
| Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-30 |
| FEMA National Risk Index — hazard loss ratios | modelled | NRI counties (FEMA ArcGIS) | 2026-07-26 |
| FHFA House Price Index — annual county appreciation | direct | annual county HPI 2025 | 2026-07-28 |
| HMDA / CFPB — purchases by occupancy type | direct | HMDA 2024 purchase originations | 2026-07-26 |
| HUD Fair Market Rents — Section 8 standard | direct | FY2026 FMR | 2026-07-26 |
| HUD USPS crosswalk and Small Area FMRs — ZIP rent fallback | direct | ZIP-CBSA 2025Q4 + SAFMR FY2026 | 2026-07-26 |
| IRS SOI — county migration and mover income | direct | SOI migration 2022-2023 | 2026-07-26 |
| Freddie Mac PMMS — mortgage rates | direct | week of 2026-07-23 | 2026-07-27 |
| Census ACS 5-year — effective property tax | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-27 |
| Realtor.com Economic Research — county listing inventory | direct | county inventory 2026-06 | 2026-07-28 |
| Redfin Data Center — inventory, days on market, and price cuts | direct | metro tracker through 2026-05-01 | 2026-07-26 |
| Zillow ZHVI and ZORI — county values and rents | direct | county ZHVI/ZORI 2026-06 | 2026-07-26 |
| Zillow ZHVI — metro home values | direct | Metro_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv | 2026-07-26 |
| Zillow ZHVI — city home values | direct | zillow_zhvi_city.csv | 2026-07-29 |
| Zillow ZORI — metro market rents | direct | Metro_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_sa_month.csv | 2026-07-26 |
| Zillow ZORI — city market rents | direct | zillow_zori_city.csv | 2026-07-29 |
| Zillow ZORI — ZIP market rents | direct | ZORI ZIP 2026-06 | 2026-07-26 |