Real estate · Small-town market · Arkansas
Real estate agents and brokers in the Forrest City, AR area
How the Forrest City, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #517 of 533 scored small-town markets
#12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $94.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,137 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 158
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.1
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in the Forrest City area is 26 (lower middle), #517 of 533 scored small-town markets and #12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 real estate agents and brokers in the Forrest City area. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Forrest City area comes to about $94.5M a year: $12,137 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 58% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show the Forrest City area declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Forrest City area compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Forrest City area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.1 | 23.7 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 158 | 109 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,053 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.4% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,137 | $14,055 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Forrest City area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Forrest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for real estate agents and brokers, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Forrest City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Batesville, AR | 58 | 21 | 14.3 | 173 | +2.2% | #155 of 533 |
| 2Pine Bluff, AR | 57 | 31 | 11.5 | 208 | −5.6% | #162 of 533 |
| 3Camden, AR | 56 | 11 | 10.7 | 226 | −3.6% | #174 of 533 |
| 4El Dorado, AR | 53 | 21 | 14.0 | 176 | −5.2% | #216 of 533 |
| 5Searcy, AR | 52 | 48 | 16.2 | 151 | +4.2% | #235 of 533 |
| 6Arkadelphia, AR | 50 | 10 | 12.3 | 197 | −2.2% | #255 of 533 |
| 7Blytheville, AR | 49 | 17 | 11.0 | 223 | −6.7% | #268 of 533 |
| 8Russellville, AR | 49 | 51 | 15.6 | 160 | +1.6% | #272 of 533 |
| 9Paragould, AR | 46 | 39 | 21.7 | 114 | +3.4% | #323 of 533 |
| 10Mountain Home, AR | 37 | 34 | 17.6 | 136 | +3.1% | #426 of 533 |
| 12Forrest City, AR | 26 | 11 | 14.1 | 158 | −5.3% | #517 of 533 |
Other business types in the Forrest City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers26
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in the Forrest City, AR area?
The Forrest City area has 11 real estate agents and brokers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. No official count is published for offices of real estate agents and brokers in the Forrest City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Forrest City, AR area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $94.5M a year, or $12,137 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 11 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 58% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for real estate agents and brokers?
The Forrest City area has 14.1 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 158, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, the Forrest City area would have about 17, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Forrest City area scores 26 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #517 of 533 scored small-town markets.
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