Fort Smith vs Greenwood

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Smith and Greenwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Smith and Greenwood are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Smith has the higher population (89,496 vs 9,570 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($65,745 vs $52,692 in Fort Smith). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($177,300 vs $168,100 in Fort Smith).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
Population	89,496	9,570
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,692	$65,745
Median home value	$168,100	$177,300
Median gross rent	$852	$824
Housing units	40,146	4,190
Homeownership rate	53.0%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
Population	87,743 → 89,496 (+2.0%)	9,387 → 9,570 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$41,724 → $52,692 (+26.3%)	$57,500 → $65,745 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$121,800 → $168,100 (+38.0%)	$136,000 → $177,300 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $852 (+24.4%)	$744 → $824 (+10.8%)

Fort Smith

Population

87,74389,496

Median household income

$41,724$52,692

Median home value

$121,800$168,100

Median gross rent

$685$852

Greenwood

Population

9,3879,570

Median household income

$57,500$65,745

Median home value

$136,000$177,300

Median gross rent

$744$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
Under 5	6.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.1%
75 and over	6.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	7.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.6%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
No high school diploma	16.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
Drove alone	77.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	65.9%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Smith	Greenwood
Poverty rate	18.3%	12.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1976	1995