ZIP 72704
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
November. Asking rents in ZIP 72704 usually run 0.8% below trend in November and 0.7% above it in February, about $25 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 72704 is 0.1% below its high of $1,655 in December 2025, at $1,653 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 72704 changed +1.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 44 Arkansas ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 72704 rose 34.7% while median household income rose 55.3% ($61,829 to $96,014). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 72704 is 41.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
30% of the median household income ($96,014) is $2,400 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,040); a 4-bedroom is $2,410.
3rd cheapest of 3 ZIP codes in Fayetteville.
ZIP 72761, 10 miles away, rents for 19% less ($1,341/mo), about $3,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 72704. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 72704 (Fayetteville, AR) is majority owner-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 52.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 72704 in Fayetteville, AR has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 72704 in Fayetteville, AR has shifted from $1,231 to $1,653, up 34.3% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $75,685 to $96,014 between 2021 and 2024, a 26.9% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 72704 in Fayetteville, AR adding about 4,757 residents over the five-year window, up 17.1% on net. The renter share has eased from 40.3% to 34.5%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 72704 in Fayetteville, AR reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 72704 covers Fayetteville, AR. The median rent here is $1,653/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,220/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,470/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($96,014/yr), ZIP 72704 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.7% over the past year.
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