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72904

21,296 Population
13.7 square miles 1,555.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$18,424 ±$1,574 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: $32,511 ±$1,682
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$41,909 ±$3,786 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

29.5% ±5.8% (6,261  ±1,300) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 16.4% 37,015 (±0.9% / ±2,020)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

16.7 minutes ±1.1 (127,840  ±14,660) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters 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

7,529 ±435 Number of households
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 90,992 ±773
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2.8 ±0.1 (21,189  ±1,348) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 2.5 226,870 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

9.2% ±4.3% (492  ±232) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.8% † 3,550 (±0.9% / ±482)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

8,487 ±421 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 101,458 ±119
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$111,500 ±$6,834 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

10.8% ±2.7% (2,261  ±572.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 13.3% 30,236 (±0.8% / ±1,853.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

66.5% ±4.6% (8,611  ±797.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 85.8% 133,378 (±1.6% / ±2,535.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
7.7% ±1.8% (992  ±236.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 21% 32,690 (±0.9% / ±1,360.2)
  • about one-third 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

26.4% ±2.8% (5,615  ±697) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 6.6% 15,076
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

5.3% ±2.2% (782  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metro Area: 8.2% 14,373 (±0.5% / ±786)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
782 Total veterans ±333 733 Male ±322 49 Female ±59

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