Home values, rents and more in Fort Smith, AR
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Fort Smith compares
The typical home in Fort Smith, AR is worth about $193,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Fort Smith are 5% below the typical value in the Fort Smith metro area ($203,000) and 47% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Fort Smith rose 2.7%, compared with +4.4% in the Fort Smith metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,063 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Fort Smith metro area ($1,074) and 45% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $54,816, against $58,468 in the Fort Smith metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 89,805 people live in Fort Smith (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Fort Smith has the 9th-lowest typical home value of the 19 cities in the Fort Smith metro area and the 121st-highest of 263 in Arkansas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Sebastian County, AR · Fort Smith metro area · Arkansas
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.