Rents are right about where Jacksonville's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,200 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Jacksonville usually run 0.6% below trend in January and 0.6% above it in July, about $14 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Jacksonville is 0.2% below its high of $1,203 in July 2026, at $1,200 as of September 2026.
Rent in Jacksonville changed +3.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 24 Arkansas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.7%.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($49,666) is $1,242 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($990); a 3-bedroom is $1,310.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Jacksonville. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Jacksonville, AR is roughly split between renters and owners, has a large share of families with children, has a median income below the national average, 22.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Jacksonville, AR has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2022, rent in Jacksonville, AR has increased by $200 per month, settling near $1,200 after starting the period at $1,000. Household income in the area moved from $46,007 to $49,666 across the same window, up 8.0% versus 2021. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 12.0 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. About 50.4% of households rent today, against 52.3% in 2021. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Jacksonville, AR look reasonable against where the market sat half a decade ago.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Jacksonville is $1,200/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $850/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $990/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $860/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,310/mo.
At 29% of local median household income ($49,666/yr), Jacksonville ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.6% over the past year.
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