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Forrest City city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Forrest City city is a Census city of 12,646 people across 20.24 square miles of land, in St. Francis County. Median household income is $35,689, 39.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.3 m.
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Forrest City
What Forrest City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.24 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land625
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Francis County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forrest City
How many people live in Forrest City
- Population12,646
- Median age36.9
- Population under 182,690
- Share under 1821.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,468
- Share 65 and over11.6 percent
- Households3,831
- Family households2,172
- Share of households that are families56.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forrest City
Income and work in Forrest City
- Median household income$35,689 plus or minus $8,903
- Per capita income$16,688
- Civilian labor force4,026
- Employed3,484
- Unemployed542 plus or minus 194
- Unemployment rate13.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over8,831
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.3 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forrest City
Housing in Forrest City
- Housing units4,608
- Occupied units3,831
- Vacant units777 plus or minus 183
- Vacancy rate16.9 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Owner occupied1,503
- Renter occupied2,328
- Ownership rate39.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$92,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$805
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.1 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Single family units3,005
- Share single family65.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,422 plus or minus 310
- Share in buildings of two or more30.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Mobile homes181 plus or minus 132
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forrest City
How Forrest City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,253
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,149
- Share commuting under 15 minutes66.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more514 plus or minus 198
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Drove alone79.2 percent
- Carpooled13.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home2.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Forrest City
SBA loans in Forrest City (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$5,327,800
- Average approval$1,331,950
- Median approval$1,267,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,110,100
- Largest approval$3,110,100
- Jobs supported15
- Jobs per approval3.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises75.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
St. Francis County, not Forrest City
St. Francis County context, not Forrest City figures
These are St. Francis County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Forrest City measurements.
- Establishments in St. Francis County404
- Employment at those establishments, St. Francis County4,813
- Covered employment, St. Francis County6,723
- Average annual pay, St. Francis County$48,570
- Average weekly wage, St. Francis County$934
- Housing units permitted, St. Francis County3
- Of those, single family, St. Francis County3
- County product, 2024, St. Francis County$943,104,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Francis County2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Francis County$30,355
Every figure in this section is published for St. Francis County as a whole and is not a measurement of Forrest City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Forrest City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Forrest City, Arkansas?
12,646, in 3,831 households. Forrest City city covers 20.24 square miles of land, which is 625 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Forrest City in?
St. Francis County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Forrest City?
$35,689. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $92,000. Median gross rent is $805 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Forrest City businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $5.3 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $1,267,800. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Forrest City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Forrest City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Forrest City. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Forrest City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Francis County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Forrest City.
Is zoning published for Forrest City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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