Benton, AR Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Benton, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Benton sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

• •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 352
• •Median sold price, last 6 months: $241,450
• •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $148
• •Middle half of sales closed between: $194,900 and $324,900

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 352 closed sales in Benton over the last six months, with a median closing price of $241,450. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $194,900 and $324,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 98% of the Benton closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 351 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $129 and $161 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Benton, AR (October 2026)

The median home price in Benton is $241,450, measured across the 352 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $194,900 and $324,900.

Where Benton sale prices land

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Benton over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $194,900 and $324,900. Among the 27 Arkansas markets with a published band, Benton's middle-half spread ($194,900 to $324,900) ranks 9th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 49th percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.

How long a sale takes here

• •Listed to under contract: a median of 23 days, across 48 Benton closings Resideline tracked in the last six months

The Benton angle

Benton looks moderate on the surface and skewed underneath. Resideline tracked 352 closings over the last six months, a median closed sale price of $241,450, and a middle half of sales closing between $194,900 and $324,900, a band width close to typical for the markets we track. What matters more than that width is the shape: the stretch from the median up to the upper quartile is far longer than the stretch from the lower quartile up to the median, so the top half of the market fans out while the bottom half stays compressed. For a below average subject the median is a decent reference point; for an above average one it is a floor, not a target.

Benton market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Benton ZIP codes: 72019 · 72015.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Benton address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Benton, AR
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0505290
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 352
Median sold price: $241,450
Median sold $/sqft: $148 (351 qualifying)
Property mix: 98% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Benton over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.