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Henderson County home listings asked for less money in May - see the current median price here
The median home in Henderson County listed for $246,400 in May, slightly down from the previous month's $247,150, an analysis of data from shows.
Compared to May 2024, the median home list price decreased 1.6% from $247,425.
The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Henderson County, not houses that were sold. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at
Henderson County's median home was 1,714 square feet, listed at $148 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is up 28.7% from May 2024.
Listings in Henderson County moved steadily, at a median 52 days listed compared to the May national median of 51 days on the market. In the previous month, homes had a median of 46 days on the market. Around 36 homes were newly listed on the market in May, a 28.6% increase from 28 new listings in May 2024.
The median home prices issued by may exclude many, or even most, of a market's homes. The price and volume represent only single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes. They include existing homes, but exclude most new construction as well as pending and contingent sales.
Across the Evansville metro area, median home prices rose to $280,000, slightly higher than a month earlier. The median home had 1,879 square feet, at a list price of $151 per square foot.
In Kentucky, median home prices were $314,900, a slight increase from April. The median Kentucky home listed for sale had 1,828 square feet, with a price of $172 per square foot.
Throughout the United States, the median home price was $440,000, a slight increase from the month prior. The median American home for sale was listed at 1,840 square feet, with a price of $234 per square foot.
The median home list price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. Experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average list price, which would mean taking the sum of all listing prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high price.
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