The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 72209 sells for about $99,100, or $85 per square foot.
Prices are up +3.4% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 55 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $950 a month.
ZIP 72209
The 72209 housing market is characterized by high affordability relative to the broader Little Rock metro area, with a median home value significantly below the national average. Market activity remains stable, though the area faces challenges with higher-than-average poverty rates and a high share of renter cost-burdened households. Most specific metrics like property tax history and utility providers are not determinable at the ZIP level from current public datasets.
Median prices moved up 3.4% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 55 days on market with 3.6 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
35% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.2% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 6.8% · poverty 24.1% — a mixed stability profile.
Researched annual trajectory for this ZIP, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 2.7%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 72209, Pulaski County AR
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Arkansas) — Arkansas Disabled Veteran Total Property Tax Exemption: Provides a 100% exemption from all ad valorem real property taxes on the principal homestead. Formula: Net Ad Valorem Tax Due = $0.00. State (Arkansas) — Arkansas Senior and Disabled Assessment Freeze: Freezes the assessed taxable value of the homestead at the prevailing assessed value at the time the owner becomes eligible or purchases the property. State (Arkansas) — Arkansas State Homestead Property Tax Credit: Provides a direct reduction against ad valorem property taxes up to $350.00 (increased to $350 by Act 655 of 2009; further statutory increases may apply up to $425 depending on legislative session). Formula: Final Tax Due = max($0, Gross Ad Valorem Tax - Homestead Credit). State (Arkansas) — Arkansas Amendment 79 Assessment Growth Caps (Assessment Limitation): Caps annual assessed value growth following a countywide reappraisal: homestead parcel taxable assessments cannot increase by more than 5% per year, and non-homestead residential parcel taxable assessments cannot increase by more than 10% per year until taxable assessment reaches… State (Arkansas) — Arkansas Ad Valorem Property Tax Assessment Ratio and Valuation: Imposes an ad valorem property tax based on a uniform statutory assessment ratio of 20% of true market value.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau ZCTA 72209 profile
- Dave & Buster's Little Rock4.33.2 mi
- Sky Zone Trampoline Park4.33.6 mi
- Big Rock Mini Golf & Fun Park43 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park414.3 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese44.5 mi
- Topgolf Little Rock44.3 mi
- Simmons Bank Arena4.47.5 mi
- War Memorial Stadium4.35.4 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill4.211.4 mi
- Statehouse Convention Center4.66.9 mi
- Little Rock Zoo4.35.2 mi
- Cinemark Colonel Glenn and XD4.53.9 mi
- The Old Mill4.810 mi
- Museum of Discovery4.77.1 mi
- Burns Park4.68.9 mi
- William J. Clinton Library and Museum4.57.3 mi
- The Old Mill4.810 mi
- Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts4.76.6 mi
- Museum of Discovery4.77.1 mi
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site4.85.4 mi
- Burns Park4.68.9 mi
- Two Rivers Park4.89.9 mi
- City of Bryant Bishop Park4.410.8 mi
- Carter Off-Road Park4.67.2 mi
- Allsopp Park4.66.5 mi
- Topgolf Little Rock44.3 mi
- Burns Park Golf Course4.48.4 mi
- Rebsamen Park Golf Course3.87.7 mi
- The Greens at North Hills4.312.3 mi
- The Greens at Longhills Apartments3.512.6 mi
- Outlets of Little Rock4.43.4 mi
- McCain Mall4.210.9 mi
- Park Plaza4.15.5 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.36.1 mi
- Ross Dress for Less45.6 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.