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The median home value in Fort Smith, AR is $197,471 as of 2026-06-30, up 3.55% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$197,471
Year-over-Year
+3.55%
Population
89,977
Fort Smith ranks #39 of 64 Arkansas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 9.1% below the state's city median of $217,308. It sits in Sebastian County, where the county-wide median is $206,581.
Fort Smith police recorded a violent crime rate of 842 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 3,684 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Fort Smith is $197,471. That's up 3.55% from a year earlier. That is about 9.1% below the typical county in Arkansas.
Homes in Fort Smith are cheaper than Sebastian County as a whole, where the median is $206,581 — a difference of about 4.4%.
Fort Smith police reported 842 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 89,977. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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