Home Value Trail

Camden, AR micropolitan area: home price history and building permits

Arkansas1 county26,363 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA annual index 1983 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Camden, AR increased by 65.8% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 44.4%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 6.9%.

2015

+65.8%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Camden, AR increased by 65.8%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.2%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Camden, AR+65.8%
Arkansas+78.6%
United States+85.0%
Camden, AR FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1983
  • Camden, AR
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span
Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Camden, AR, 1983 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025269.17+6.9%
2024251.81−2.5%
2023258.17+11.2%
2022232.25+14.6%
2021202.60+8.7%
2020186.35+2.0%
2019182.77+5.6%
2018173.08+0.9%
2017171.56+4.7%
2016163.83+0.9%
2015162.36−2.6%
2014166.77+6.6%
2013156.51+2.1%
2012153.31+4.8%
2011146.26−4.1%
2010152.57−0.6%
2009153.53−0.8%
2008154.83−0.8%
2007156.04+8.7%
2006143.50+0.9%
2005142.26+7.6%
2004132.25+4.6%
2003126.42+2.3%
2002123.52+1.0%
2001122.27+4.0%
2000117.57−4.2%
1999122.67+8.1%
1998113.47+6.0%
1997107.070.0%
1996107.12+2.1%
1995104.91+8.9%
199496.33+0.4%
199395.92−2.3%
199298.18+17.3%
199183.71−13.6%
199096.88+0.8%
198996.13−4.1%
1988100.28−9.7%
1987111.02+7.2%
1986103.56−6.4%
1985110.60+8.4%
1984102.04+2.0%
1983100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Camden, AR. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Camden, AR and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Camden, AR+6.9%+44.4%+65.8%+89.2%+128.9%+5.2%
Arkansas+3.4%+52.0%+78.6%+89.5%+136.6%+6.0%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

Drawdowns of the index of Camden, AR, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
19871991−24.6%1998
19851986−6.4%1987
20072011−6.3%2013

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Camden, AR in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1990s1990 to 2000+21.4%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+29.8%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+22.1%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+44.4%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1983 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits in the area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in the county of the area authorized 4 housing units. That is 0.2 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Camden, AR micropolitan area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026110
Jul 2026110
Jun 2026110
May 2026110
Apr 2026000
Mar 2026000
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026000
Dec 2025000
Nov 2025000
Oct 2025000
Sep 2025000
Aug 2025000
Jul 2025000
Jun 2025000
May 2025000
Apr 2025000
Mar 2025110
Feb 2025000
Jan 2025110
Dec 2024000
Nov 2024110
Oct 2024202
Sep 2024312
Aug 2024312
Jul 2024000
Jun 2024110
May 2024202
Apr 2024312
Mar 2024220
Feb 2024000
Jan 2024110
Dec 2023000
Nov 2023110
Oct 2023000
Sep 2023000
Aug 2023000
Jul 2023000
Jun 2023110
May 2023110
Apr 2023110
Mar 2023000
Feb 2023000
Jan 2023000
Dec 2022000
Nov 2022000
Oct 2022110
Sep 2022110
Aug 2022000
Jul 2022000
Jun 2022000
May 2022000
Apr 2022000
Mar 2022110
Feb 2022000
Jan 2022110
Dec 2021000
Nov 2021000
Oct 2021000
Sep 2021000
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Camden, AR micropolitan area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
2025330
2024000
2023972
2022770
2021330
2020770
20191192
2018220
2017660
2016660
2015440
2014330
2013000
2012220
2011880
2010770
2009440
2008990
2007770
2006660
200510100
200411110
2003660
2002660
2001220
200010100
199915150
199810100
199713130
199617170
199512120

The counts are the sums of the county files of the Building Permits Survey for the counties of the area (OMB delineation of July 2023).

Counties of the area

Counties of the Camden, AR micropolitan area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Ouachita CountyAR+10.6%+69.4%4

Agency pages

  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.
  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.

Each link loaded on .

Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Camden, AR home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/15780-camden/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for CBSAs (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for CBSAs, all transactions, 1983 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for the states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county files through August 2026, added for the counties of the area.
Counties of the area
OMB delineation of core based statistical areas, July 2023.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Camden, AR?
The largest increase in one year was 17.3%, from 1991 to 1992. The largest decrease in one year was 13.6%, from 1990 to 1991.
How did the index for Camden, AR change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Camden, AR increased by 89.2%. In the same years, the index for Arkansas increased by 89.5%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Camden, AR?
The index is 100 in 1983, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 269.17, in 2025.
Which counties are in the Camden, AR area?
The area has 1 county in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 26,363 residents for 2025.