The story of this market
The typical home in Benton County, Oregon sells for about $587,842, or $310 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (+0.2%), a market in balance. Homes take about 55 days to sell. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 206% since 2000. Last year 11 of 21 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is earthquake, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,857 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,857 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+16%). Worst: 2011 (-4.6%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+0.3%
OR · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$2,571
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
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2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 21 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
68
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $63,817,993.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
81.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3286 | 1816 | 81.7% | 9.3% | $365,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Benton County, Oregon
The Benton County housing market is currently experiencing a period of stabilization with balanced inventory levels. While sales volume has seen a modest year-over-year increase, price growth remains flat, reflecting a measured market environment.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 0.8% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 54 days on market with 1.5 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 58.59% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 8 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 97321 | Albany | $439,761 | $254 | -0.1% | 65 | — | — | — | 273 | $1,857 | researched Sep 26 |
| 97329 | Cascadia | $495,000 | $265 | +2.4% | 72 | 97.5% | 12% | 7.3 | 22 | $1,850 | researched Sep 26 |
| 97330 | Corvallis | $553,500 | $315 | +5.3% | 32 | 99% | 18% | 3.2 | 177 | $1,850 | researched Sep 26 |
| 97331 | Corvallis | $617,500 | $305 | +2.1% | 48 | 98.5% | 12.5% | 4.2 | 238 | $1,595 | researched Sep 26 |
| 97333 | Corvallis | $598,000 | $333 | -2.4% | 42 | 98.6% | 34.4% | 2.5 | 78 | $1,800 | researched Sep 26 |
| 97339 | — | $553,500 | $333 | +5% | 66 | 99% | — | — | 133 | $1,595 | researched Sep 26 |
| 97370 | Philomath | $482,500 | $265 | +2.1% | 45 | 98.5% | 15% | 3.5 | 42 | $1,850 | researched Sep 26 |
| 97456 | Monroe | $581,000 | $240 | +2.1% | 52 | 97.5% | 15% | 4.8 | 24 | $1,413 | researched Sep 26 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
data.census.gov
applies when — Members of the Oregon National Guard or Reserve who are deployed.
Allows for the exemption of a portion of the assessed value of a primary residence from local property taxes for a period of three to five years in standard zones, or up to 15 years in rural zones.
Business Oregon Enterprise Zone statutes
applies when — Qualified disabled veterans or their surviving spouses meeting specific disability or service-connected criteria.
Provides a reduction in the assessed value of the primary residence, effectively lowering the property tax burden based on the exemption amount set by statute.
ORS 307.250
applies when — Delinquency of property taxes for a period of three years from the earliest date of delinquency.
The county may initiate foreclosure proceedings to seize the property to satisfy the tax lien. Owners have redemption rights prior to the judgment of foreclosure.
ORS 312.010
Tax is calculated on the lesser of Real Market Value (RMV) or Maximum Assessed Value (MAV). MAV is limited to a 3% annual growth rate unless physical changes occur to the property. The tax is the product of the taxable assessed value and the local taxing district's millage rate.
Oregon Constitution; ORS Chapter 308
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.