# Cities in Arkansas by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 39 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/arkansas-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Forrest City, AR | 59.9 |
| 2 | Blytheville, AR | 58.1 |
| 3 | Mountain Home, AR | 56.4 |
| 4 | Jonesboro, AR | 54.1 |
| 5 | Searcy, AR | 51.7 |
| 6 | Texarkana, AR | 51.6 |
| 7 | Harrison, AR | 51.2 |
| 8 | Paragould, AR | 50.2 |
| 9 | Jacksonville, AR | 49.9 |
| 10 | West Memphis, AR | 49.6 |
| 11 | El Dorado, AR | 49.5 |
| 12 | Camden, AR | 49.3 |
| 13 | Cabot, AR | 49.2 |
| 14 | Fayetteville, AR | 49.2 |
| 15 | Hot Springs, AR | 49.1 |
| 16 | Little Rock, AR | 48.9 |
| 17 | North Little Rock, AR | 47.8 |
| 18 | Conway, AR | 46.9 |
| 19 | Pine Bluff, AR | 46.9 |
| 20 | Sherwood, AR | 45.1 |
| 21 | Farmington, AR | 44.5 |
| 22 | Russellville, AR | 42.6 |
| 23 | Siloam Springs, AR | 42.6 |
| 24 | Fort Smith, AR | 42.1 |
| 25 | Van Buren, AR | 41.5 |
| 26 | Benton, AR | 40.2 |
| 27 | Springdale, AR | 38.5 |
| 28 | Batesville, AR | 37.9 |
| 29 | Rogers, AR | 36.5 |
| 30 | Marion, AR | 34.9 |
| 31 | Maumelle, AR | 33 |
| 32 | Pea Ridge, AR | 30.1 |
| 33 | Magnolia, AR | 30 |
| 34 | Bella Vista, AR | 28 |
| 35 | Bryant, AR | 27.7 |
| 36 | Bentonville, AR | 27.6 |
| 37 | Centerton, AR | 27.5 |
| 38 | Lowell, AR | 27.1 |
| 39 | Malvern, AR | 26.6 |