Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Fort Smith Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 05131001101 · Sebastian County, AR · pop 4,426

05131001101 is a census tract in Fort Smith, AR. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,426. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 36% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,896

Renter share61.3%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate5.6%

Median income$49,408

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fort Smith and the region

Centroid at 35.3603, -94.3855 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fort Smith scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

5.6% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$784 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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: 57

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

67%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
33%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.

13.9%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
18.9%Food insecurity
12.0%SNAP enrollment
10.4%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
40.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fort Smith

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $784 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Fort Smith commands.

It sits 0.6 points below the Sebastian County average of 3.6. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $49,408. 61% 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 05131001101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05131001101?

Census tract 05131001101 in Fort Smith scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 05131001101?

Median gross rent is $784/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 05131001101?

5.6% of residents in tract 05131001101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,426.

How socially vulnerable is tract 05131001101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 62th, minority 52th, housing 33th.

What share of households in tract 05131001101 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 05131001101 compare to Fort Smith overall?

Tract 05131001101 scores 3/10, 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.