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Local residents are battling rising housing prices as the population in Northwest Arkansas continues to grow. Â
The total population across the four major NWA cities is expected to increase by 80,000 households by 2040, according to the Walton Family Foundation. Amid population and economic growth, housing prices in NWA have risen. Median rents increased 1-13% in three of the major cities between 2011 and 2016, and the median price of for-sale homes rose 15-43% according to the Walton Family Foundation.
Jacob Queen, 29, a Tokyo resident, moved to Japan in March 2020 to escape housing costs in NWA.Â
Queen lived in east Texas, Denver and Seoul, South Korea during his five years in the U.S. Army. His parents moved to NWA in 2018, and after Queen finished serving, he came to Fayetteville to look for a place to settle, he said in an email. NWA housing costs are among the worst Queen has seen, he said.
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