How the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Fort Smith, AR-OK metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202631 of 32 ZIP codes scored · 0.23M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Fort Smith, AR-OK metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 31 of 31- 10,42772916in Fort Smith · 11,711 residents54.21
- 15,78072908in Fort Smith · 14,288 residents50.34
- 16,90372936in Greenwood · 14,070 residents49.53
- 18,01772941in Lavaca · 5,140 residents48.74
- 18,75572903in Fort Smith · 27,242 residents48.15
- 20,84672923in Barling · 4,956 residents46.42
- 21,49772937in Hackett · 4,075 residents45.85
- 23,33672952in Rudy · 2,101 residents44.08
- 23,51272940in Huntington · 1,829 residents43.90
- 25,09672921in Alma · 12,888 residents42.14
- 25,15272956in Van Buren · 34,546 residents42.07
- 25,44072946in Mountainburg · 3,844 residents41.74
- 25,45872938in Hartford · 933 residents41.72
- 25,89972934in Chester · 1,147 residents41.17
- 25,93972935in Dyer · 521 residents41.12
- 26,40472947in Mulberry · 4,493 residents40.50
- 28,89372930in Cecil · 207 residents36.22
- 28,91272944in Mansfield · 2,599 residents36.20
- 28,97074936in Gans · 1,330 residents36.06
- 29,12572932in Cedarville · 1,696 residents35.66
- 29,49172901in Fort Smith · 19,819 residents34.70
- 29,66172945in Midland · 475 residents34.19
- 29,74972948in Natural Dam · 334 residents33.97
- 29,98874435in Gore · 3,042 residents33.22
- 30,10174948in Muldrow · 12,382 residents32.76
- 30,21272955in Uniontown · 719 residents32.38
- 30,31574962in Vian · 4,398 residents31.99
- 30,57274954in Roland · 5,105 residents30.88
- 31,07674945in Marble City · 165 residents28.21
- 31,10174955in Sallisaw · 13,864 residents28.00
- 31,64672904in Fort Smith · 21,296 residents23.17
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 31 of 31- 31,64672904in Fort Smith · 21,296 residents23.17
- 31,10174955in Sallisaw · 13,864 residents28.00
- 31,07674945in Marble City · 165 residents28.21
- 30,57274954in Roland · 5,105 residents30.88
- 30,31574962in Vian · 4,398 residents31.99
- 30,21272955in Uniontown · 719 residents32.38
- 30,10174948in Muldrow · 12,382 residents32.76
- 29,98874435in Gore · 3,042 residents33.22
- 29,74972948in Natural Dam · 334 residents33.97
- 29,66172945in Midland · 475 residents34.19
- 29,49172901in Fort Smith · 19,819 residents34.70
- 29,12572932in Cedarville · 1,696 residents35.66
- 28,97074936in Gans · 1,330 residents36.06
- 28,91272944in Mansfield · 2,599 residents36.20
- 28,89372930in Cecil · 207 residents36.22
- 26,40472947in Mulberry · 4,493 residents40.50
- 25,93972935in Dyer · 521 residents41.12
- 25,89972934in Chester · 1,147 residents41.17
- 25,45872938in Hartford · 933 residents41.72
- 25,44072946in Mountainburg · 3,844 residents41.74
- 25,15272956in Van Buren · 34,546 residents42.07
- 25,09672921in Alma · 12,888 residents42.14
- 23,51272940in Huntington · 1,829 residents43.90
- 23,33672952in Rudy · 2,101 residents44.08
- 21,49772937in Hackett · 4,075 residents45.85
- 20,84672923in Barling · 4,956 residents46.42
- 18,75572903in Fort Smith · 27,242 residents48.15
- 18,01772941in Lavaca · 5,140 residents48.74
- 16,90372936in Greenwood · 14,070 residents49.53
- 15,78072908in Fort Smith · 14,288 residents50.34
- 10,42772916in Fort Smith · 11,711 residents54.21
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Fort Smith, AR-OK metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
7 of 31 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 72903 Fort Smith72916 Fort Smith74955 Sallisaw
Standing highest: 72908 Fort Smith72916 Fort Smith72936 Greenwood
Standing highest: 72916 Fort Smith72936 Greenwood72948 Natural Dam
Standing highest: 72932 Cedarville72934 Chester72946 Mountainburg
Each fifth is about 7 of this metro’s 31 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 231,215 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Fort Smith, AR-OK figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.