Logan County, Arkansas Eviction Risk: Low

Logan County, Arkansas eviction laws carries an average eviction-risk score of 1.7/10 (Low), placing it at rank 57 of 75 Arkansas counties, where rank 1 is the highest-risk. That means 56 counties across the state carry more risk than Logan County, and only 18 are more landlord-friendly, putting this market firmly in the lower-risk third statewide. For landlords operating across the county's 8 cities, that translates to a relatively stable rental environment, with average rent at $718 per month and an average rent burden of 24.5% of renter income, a level that suggests most tenants are not severely cost-strained.

Risk within the county is not uniform, though. Scores range from 1.5 to 2/10, a narrow but meaningful band for a rural market with a total mapped population of roughly 9,124. A renter share of 34.5% means the landlord base is real but not dominant, so vacancy pressure and tenant-selection decisions carry more weight here than in higher-density urban markets. Investors considering Logan County should weigh city-level scores, not just the county average.

The cities inside Logan County

The highest-risk city in the county is Magazine, scoring 2/10, with a population of 986. While still a Low rating by any broad standard, it sits at the top of the local range, and landlords there should be most attentive to tenant screening and lease documentation. Caulksville comes in next at 1.8/10 (population 195), followed by a cluster of cities, including Booneville (population 3,798) and Paris (population 3,284), each scoring 1.7/10. Booneville and Paris are the county's two largest cities by population and represent its most active rental markets.

At the lower-risk end, Blue Mountain and Ratcliff both score 1.5/10, the most landlord-favorable readings in the county. These are very small communities with populations of 139 and 97 respectively, so deal volume will be limited, but the risk profile is as benign as Logan County gets. The pattern here, as in most rural Arkansas counties, is that risk is hyper-local: a two-mile difference in address can shift your operating assumptions, even when county-level averages look flat.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord in Logan County operates under the Arkansas Residential Landlord-Tenant Act (Ark. Code § 18-17). The notice structure is straightforward: 3 days to cure nonpayment of rent, 14 days for a lease violation with opportunity to cure, and 30 days for an end-of-term or no-cause termination. Uncontested evictions typically resolve in 30 to 60 days; contested cases can run 90 to 150 days. Understanding the full Arkansas eviction process before a dispute arises is the single most useful preparation a landlord can do. Court filing fees run $165 to $250, sheriff lockout fees add $40 to $120, and attorney fees, if you retain counsel, range from $500 to $2,500.

Arkansas has no statewide rent control, no just-cause eviction requirement, and in fact the state preempts any local jurisdiction from imposing rent caps, so Logan County landlords face no local overlay restrictions on rent setting or lease termination. Source of income is not a protected class under Arkansas state law. For a full breakdown of what landlords owe tenants at move-out, review the Arkansas security deposit limits and Arkansas tenant protections guides, which cover the statewide rules that govern every tenancy here.

With an average poverty rate of 19.6% across the county, landlords should price for the local income reality and screen carefully; the city-by-city grid above shows exactly where within Logan County that exposure is most concentrated.