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

Forrest City, AR had the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income) of 39 cities in 2023, at 60.5%. Pea Ridge, AR had the lowest, at 22.3%. The median was 43.4% and the figure for Arkansas was 44.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest60.5Forrest City, AR

Lowest22.3Pea Ridge, AR

Median43.439 cities

Arkansas44.7History

All cities, 2023

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Forrest City, AR	60.5	+6.2 pts
2	Jonesboro, AR	55.8	+1.7 pts
3	West Memphis, AR	55.7	+0.3 pts
4	Mountain Home, AR	55.6	+4.7 pts
5	Searcy, AR	54.4	+3.3 pts
6	Jacksonville, AR	52.7	+1.4 pts
7	Blytheville, AR	52	-4.6 pts
8	El Dorado, AR	51.9	+7.5 pts
9	Hot Springs, AR	51.8	+5.2 pts
10	Texarkana, AR	51.6	-1.4 pts
11	Harrison, AR	51	+3.8 pts
12	Fayetteville, AR	50	+1 pts
13	Little Rock, AR	49.5	+0.4 pts
14	Pine Bluff, AR	49.5	+0.2 pts
15	Paragould, AR	49.3	+3.2 pts
16	Conway, AR	47.9	-4 pts
17	Russellville, AR	47.8	-2.7 pts
18	Van Buren, AR	46.4	-2.4 pts
19	North Little Rock, AR	45.6	-2 pts
20	Sherwood, AR	43.4	-1.2 pts
21	Cabot, AR	43.4	-0.8 pts
22	Siloam Springs, AR	43.3	-0.1 pts
23	Fort Smith, AR	42.3	+4.2 pts
24	Benton, AR	41.4	+1.9 pts
25	Farmington, AR	41.1	-3.1 pts
26	Camden, AR	40.9	-0.4 pts
27	Batesville, AR	37.8	-5.6 pts
28	Rogers, AR	36.4	-1 pts
29	Springdale, AR	36.3	+0.7 pts
30	Maumelle, AR	36.3	-2.7 pts
31	Marion, AR	35.7	+2.3 pts
32	Magnolia, AR	34.5	+0.3 pts
33	Malvern, AR	31.4	-3.2 pts
34	Bryant, AR	29.7	-1.9 pts
35	Bella Vista, AR	29.3	+1.9 pts
36	Bentonville, AR	27.8	+2 pts
37	Centerton, AR	25.6	+2.6 pts
38	Lowell, AR	24.5	+1.2 pts
39	Pea Ridge, AR	22.3	+2.2 pts

Other periods

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About this ranking

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.

Renters who pay no cash rent and households with no or negative income are left out of both the count and the base. 30 percent is the usual US threshold for rent burden. The EU housing cost overburden rate (housing_cost_overburden_rate) uses 40 percent of disposable income, all housing costs and people instead of households, so the two cannot be compared.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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) (Cities in Arkansas by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat

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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), Cities in Arkansas by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/arkansas-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. 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). Cities in Arkansas by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/arkansas-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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), Cities in Arkansas by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25070.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/arkansas-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which city has the highest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Forrest City, AR, with 60.5% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)?

Pea Ridge, AR, with 22.3% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.