Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Fort Smith Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 05131000600 · Sebastian County, AR · pop 4,990
Census tract 05131000600 covers part of Fort Smith, AR, and scores 3.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,990 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units2,339
Renter share51.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$47,730
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fort Smith and the region
Centroid at 35.4010, -94.3562 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fort Smith scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fort Smith
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.2
State political climate
Arkansas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fort Smith
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fort Smith
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fort Smith
1.5
How Fort Smith compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fort Smith
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, housing-court posture reads 1.5/10. SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. It tracks the Sebastian County average of 3.6 closely. Average gross rent is $825, close to the Fort Smith average.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $47,730. 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 05131000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05131000600?
Census tract 05131000600 in Fort Smith scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 05131000600?
Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 05131000600?
11.8% of residents in tract 05131000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,990.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 05131000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 45th, minority 28th, housing 91th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 05131000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 05131000600 compare to Fort Smith overall?
Tract 05131000600 scores 3.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Fort Smith at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fort Smith eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fort Smith
Top eight tracts in Fort Smith ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · AR
05131000800
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AR
05131001001
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AR
South Fort Smith
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AR
05131000100
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AR
05131000400
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AR
05131000501
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AR
05131000200
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AR
05131000300
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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