Fort Smith is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 89,770 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Fort Smith is the third largest community in Arkansas.Unlike some cities, Fort Smith isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Smith are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Smith is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Smith who work in office and administrative support (10.92%), management occupations (9.13%), and sales jobs (9.07%). Also of interest is that Fort Smith has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.44% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Fort Smith is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.31 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.The overall education level of Fort Smith is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.31% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Smith in 2022 was $33,991, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,964 for a family of four. However, Fort Smith contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Smith is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Smith home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Smith residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 20.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Smith include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Fort Smith is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
