Jackson County, Arkansas Eviction Risk: Low

Jackson County scores 2.1/10 (Low) on the eviction-risk index, placing it 23rd of 75 Arkansas eviction laws counties, where rank 1 is highest risk. That means 22 counties carry more operational risk for landlords, putting Jackson County in the higher-risk third of the state despite its Low label. For investors sizing up this market, that framing matters: a Low score here does not mean risk-free, and a 25.9% poverty rate and a 40.5% renter share mean tenant financial stress is a real factor in day-to-day property management.

Across the county's 11 cities, individual scores run from 1.5 to 2.2 out of 10, a tight band that still carries meaningful differences at the neighborhood level. Average rent sits at $679 per month, and average rent burden is 29.4% of income, which signals that a meaningful share of renters are operating close to the margin. Landlords who underwrite carefully and screen thoroughly can operate here profitably, but the underlying demographics leave little room for vacancy or collection problems.

The cities inside Jackson County

The highest-risk cities in the county are Tuckerman and Diaz, each scoring 2.2/10. Tuckerman has a population of 1,442 and Diaz of 1,337, making them small markets where a single concentration of distressed tenants can shift a landlord's experience materially. Newport, the county seat and by far its largest city at 8,024 residents, scores 2.1/10, essentially matching the county average. Grubbs also registers a 2.1.

At the lower end of the range, Weldon scores 1.8/10 and Jacksonport scores 1.9/10, both very small communities where the tenant pool is limited. Campbell Station and Fisher each come in at 2.0/10. The spread makes clear that risk is hyper-local: a landlord holding units in Newport eviction risk faces a materially different operating environment than one in Weldon, even though both sit inside the same county line.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord in Jackson County operates under the Arkansas eviction laws Residential Landlord-Tenant Act (Ark. Code § 18-17). For non-payment of rent, Arkansas eviction laws state law requires only a 3-day notice before filing, one of the shorter windows in the region. A lease-violation or cure notice requires 14 days, and a no-cause end-of-term notice requires 30 days. Understanding the full Arkansas eviction laws eviction process is essential before the first filing, because an uncontested case still runs 30 to 60 days from filing to lockout, and a contested matter can stretch to 90 to 150 days.

On costs, the Arkansas eviction costs stack up as follows: court filing fees run $165 to $250, sheriff lockout fees add $40 to $120, and attorney fees typically range from $500 to $2,500 depending on complexity and whether the tenant contests. Arkansas eviction laws does not require just cause for eviction and state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so landlords operate under a single uniform statewide framework. Source-of-income discrimination is not a protected class under Arkansas state law as of the last review date.

With a poverty rate of 25.9% and renters making up 40.5% of households across a total county population of 12,124, the financial fragility of the renter base is the primary operating variable here; the city-by-city grid above shows where that pressure is concentrated most heavily.