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Bentonville mortgage calculator
A median-priced Bentonville, AR home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Arkansas property tax of 0.62% and $2,600 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,399 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $1,883; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $387,470 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $71,326 ($288,705 in today’s dollars).
Within Arkansas, Bentonville is the most expensive of the 5 Arkansas markets covered here. Prices here run 2.00x those in Fort Smith, the cheapest market listed, so a statewide average badly understates what a purchase costs on this side of the state.
Bentonville carries a premium over the rest of Arkansas: a median home here runs $322,500, about 50% above the state median of $215,000. The deposit moves with it, so the same 20% down is $64,500 rather than $43,000.
Prices here have run ahead of rents: the local price index sits at 1.50 against a rent index of 1.30. A market where buying costs rise faster than renting does is one where the rent-vs-buy answer leans later — you need a longer hold before ownership wins.
Monthly cost in Bentonville vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $322,500 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $32,250 |
| Loan amount | $290,250 |
| Principal & interest | $1,883/mo |
| Property tax (0.62%) | $167/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $217/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $133/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,399/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,560/mo |
What a rate move does to the Bentonville payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,648/mo |
| 6% | $1,740/mo |
| 6.5% | $1,835/mo |
| 7% | $1,931/mo |
| 7.5% | $2,029/mo |
| 8% | $2,130/mo |
Rent or buy in Bentonville?
Against $1,560 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $41,967 better off — $35,305 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Arkansas rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Arkansas medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Bentonville figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.