Fort Smith vs Mansfield

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

Fort Smith and Mansfield 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 1,341 in Mansfield). Mansfield has the higher median household income ($54,318 vs $52,692 in Fort Smith). Fort Smith has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $112,500 in Mansfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
Population	89,496	1,341
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,692	$54,318
Median home value	$168,100	$112,500
Median gross rent	$852	$830
Housing units	40,146	524
Homeownership rate	53.0%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
Population	87,743 → 89,496 (+2.0%)	1,398 → 1,341 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$41,724 → $52,692 (+26.3%)	$33,125 → $54,318 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$121,800 → $168,100 (+38.0%)	$82,800 → $112,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $852 (+24.4%)	$591 → $830 (+40.4%)

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

Mansfield

Population

1,3981,341

Median household income

$33,125$54,318

Median home value

$82,800$112,500

Median gross rent

$591$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
Under 5	6.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.2%
75 and over	6.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	7.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.1%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.2%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
No high school diploma	16.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
Drove alone	77.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.6%
Other means	2.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
1-unit, detached	65.9%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Smith	Mansfield
Poverty rate	18.3%	29.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1976	1977