Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 7,601 people, 2,840 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $111,686, house prices in Pocahontas are some of the most affordable in Arkansas as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pocahontas, accounting for 77.45% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pocahontas include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 15.43%), mobile homes or trailers ( 2.70%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.39%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Pocahontas are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 57.95% owning and 42.05% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Pocahontas built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Pocahontas built between 1940-1969 ( 28.05%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 11.05%). There's also some housing in Pocahontas built before 1939 ( 4.36%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Pocahontas. Fully 12.86% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Pocahontas homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Pocahontas real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Pocahontas's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Pocahontas during the period has been just 4.97%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Pocahontas's appreciation rate, at 7.82%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Pocahontas's appreciation rate has been 1.72%, which annualizes to a rate of 7.06%.
Relative to Arkansas, our data show that Pocahontas's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in Arkansas.
$111,686
for Arkansas
for nation
2,840
$849 / per month