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The median home value in Van Buren, AR is $210,656 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.9% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$210,656
Year-over-Year
+5.9%
Population
24,446
Van Buren ranks #34 of 64 Arkansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 2.6% below the state's city median of $216,192. It sits in Crawford County, where the county-wide median is $222,088.
Median household income in Van Buren is $61,149, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Van Buren police recorded a violent crime rate of 474 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,045 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Van Buren, that value is $210,656. That's up 5.9% from a year earlier. It is about 2.6% below the typical Arkansas city tracked here.
Homes in Van Buren are cheaper than Crawford County as a whole, where the median is $222,088 — a difference of about 5.1%.
Median household income here is $61,149, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Van Buren police reported 474 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,446. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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