About Fort Smith

Fort Smith is a medium-sized town located in the state of Oklahoma. With a population of 22,708 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Smith is the 16th largest community in Oklahoma.

When you are in Fort Smith, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.1% of Fort Smith's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Fort Smith is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Smith who work in sales jobs (11.02%), office and administrative support jobs (10.79%), and food service (6.84%).

One of the benefits of Fort Smith is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.33 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Fort Smith has a lot of people who ride taxis to and from work. In fact, for its size, Fort Smith has quite a high level of public transit users. Fort Smith's need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.

Fort Smith Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Fort Smith who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.02% of the adults in Fort Smith have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Smith in 2000 was $15,021, which is middle income relative to Oklahoma, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $60,084 for a family of four.

Fort Smith is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Smith home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Smith is White, followed by African-American. Fort Smith also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.44% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Smith include Irish, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in Fort Smith is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.