Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Fort Smith, AR-OK (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 72904 Fort Smith, AR $117,026 $1,006 6.71% 1.2%
2 72821 Altus, AR $126,393 $792 4.89% 4.1%
3 72901 Fort Smith, AR $138,577 $836 4.71% 1.8%
4 72923 Barling, AR $196,522 $1,083 4.30% 5.7%
5 72908 Fort Smith, AR $231,520 $1,260 4.24% 5.1%
6 72936 Greenwood, AR $241,924 $1,222 3.94% 5.3%
7 72956 Van Buren, AR $210,845 $1,040 3.85% 6.2%
8 74955 Sallisaw, OK $185,312 $873 3.67% 6.3%
9 72944 Mansfield, AR $182,703 $846 3.61% 4.7%
10 72947 Mulberry, AR $184,628 $846 3.57% 5.4%
11 74954 Roland, OK $185,107 $846 3.56% 6.4%
12 72949 Ozark, AR $175,950 $801 3.55% 4.1%
13 74936 Sallisaw, OK $186,351 $846 3.54% 7.8%
14 72921 Alma, AR $254,365 $1,150 3.53% 6.2%
15 72903 Fort Smith, AR $241,812 $1,089 3.51% 4.1%
16 72916 Fort Smith, AR $323,878 $1,449 3.49% 4.3%
17 74948 Muldrow, OK $196,219 $846 3.36% 7.3%
18 72933 Charleston, AR $199,109 $846 3.31% 5.0%
19 72946 Mountainburg, AR $212,268 $900 3.31% 6.3%
20 72940 Huntington, AR $202,108 $846 3.26% 3.8%
21 74962 Vian, OK $207,724 $846 3.18% 6.9%
22 74435 Gore, OK $208,572 $846 3.16% 6.3%
23 72937 Hackett, AR $210,849 $846 3.13% 4.0%
24 72932 Cedarville, AR $253,208 $936 2.88% 7.8%
25 72952 Rudy, AR $268,234 $873 2.54% 7.7%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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