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72901

19,819 Population
8.7 square miles 2,268.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$26,107 ±$1,698 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $32,511 ±$1,682
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$42,851 ±$2,741 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $58,468 ±$1,723
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

26.1% ±4.3% (5,082  ±912) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 16.4% 37,015 (±0.9% / ±2,020)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

17.2 minutes ±1.5 (141,030  ±17,542) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21.5 1,974,365 (±0.5 / ±57,606)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

8,789 ±522 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,992 ±773
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.2 ±0.1 (19,476  ±1,415) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 226,870 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

7.7% ±4.2% (357  ±198) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.8% † 3,550 (±0.9% / ±482)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

10,266 ±486 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 101,458 ±119
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$118,100 ±$10,449 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $171,200 ±$3,507
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

20% ±3.3% (3,899  ±700.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.3% 30,236 (±0.8% / ±1,853.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

82.7% ±3% (10,954  ±812.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.8% 133,378 (±1.6% / ±2,535.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
19.1% ±2.9% (2,530  ±420.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21% 32,690 (±0.9% / ±1,360.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.6% ±2.6% (1,909  ±533) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% 15,076
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

7.6% ±1.7% (1,178  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.2% 14,373 (±0.5% / ±786)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
1,178 Total veterans ±271 1,032 Male ±262 146 Female ±81

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