Fort Smith Eviction Risk: Moderate

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.6% against 11.3% nationally.

10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Sebastian County average of 3.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points.

Average gross rent is $976, 10% above the Fort Smith average. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $42,201.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.