Pulaski County, Arkansas Eviction Risk: Very Low

Pulaski County carries an average eviction-risk score of 2.3/10, placing it in the Low-risk tier overall, but its rank of 4 out of 75 Arkansas counties tells a more cautious story: only 3 counties in the state post a higher score, meaning Pulaski sits in the higher-risk third of Arkansas. For landlords operating across the county's 16 cities, that average masks meaningful local variation, with individual city scores running from 1.8 to 3.

With a total population of roughly 364,794, an average rent of $1,080, a rent-burden rate of 29.2%, and a renter share of 44.5%, Pulaski County is the most densely rented market in Arkansas. Nearly half of all households are renters, which gives landlords a wide tenant pool but also means economic pressure is real: nearly 16.7% of residents fall below the poverty line. Conditions here reward disciplined screening and lease enforcement far more than a passive buy-and-hold posture.

The cities inside Pulaski County

Risk is genuinely hyper-local within this county. Jacksonville, the county's fourth-largest city at 29,221 residents, carries the highest score at 3.5/10, placing it noticeably above the county average. Sherwood (33,070 residents, 2.2/10) and Maumelle (19,373 residents, 2.2/10) follow closely, with McAlmont also scoring 3/10. Gibson and Landmark each score 2.5/10, and Wrightsville comes in at 2.4/10. The practical implication: a landlord in Jacksonville eviction risk is operating in a market that scores 1.3 points higher than North Little Rock, which at 2.3/10 (population 64,538) is the county's lowest-risk city and shares its score with the county floor. Little Rock itself, the county seat and largest city at 203,436 residents, scores 2.4/10, sitting below the county average and offering comparatively stable landlord conditions for its size.

The spread from 2.2 in North Little Rock to 3.5 in Jacksonville is wide enough to drive meaningfully different underwriting decisions. Landlords evaluating multiple properties across Pulaski County should treat each city as its own risk environment rather than relying on the county average.

State-level laws that apply here

Every property in Pulaski County operates under Ark. Code § 18-17, Arkansas's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act. For nonpayment of rent, the notice period is just 3 days, one of the shorter windows in the country. A lease-violation cure notice requires 14 days, and an end-of-term or no-cause notice requires 30 days. Arkansas requires no just cause to terminate a tenancy and the state actively preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so no city inside Pulaski County can impose rent caps. The full Arkansas eviction process, from first notice through writ of possession, runs 30 to 60 days on an uncontested case and 90 to 150 days if the tenant contests. On the cost side, court filing fees range from $165 to $250, sheriff lockout fees from $40 to $120, and attorney fees from $500 to $2,500 depending on complexity. Landlords weighing those Arkansas eviction costs against a potential loss of rental income will find that even a single contested case can erase several months of cash flow at the county's average rent of $1,080. For a full guide to Arkansas security deposit limits and related tenant-protection rules, the statewide resources cover the statutory framework in detail.

With 44.5% of households renting and a poverty rate of 16.7%, the financial exposure across Pulaski County varies sharply by neighborhood; the city grid above breaks down each of the 16 incorporated places so you can identify which markets warrant tighter underwriting before committing capital.