City · Little River County, Arkansas

Foreman, Arkansas

Foreman is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, part of the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area. It has 1,044 residents. Foreman, Arkansas has a quality-of-life score of 11 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,922 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arkansas it ranks #131 of 218 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), public libraries (high) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), mental health care shortage (high) and bachelor's degree or higher (low).

11Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,922 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arkansas: #131 of 218 in AR
Population: 1,044 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 528.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 0524250

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety40#9,448/15,637
Economy9#14,188/15,631
Housing94#874/14,977
Health13#13,611/15,609
Healthcare14#13,471/15,650
Environment10#13,831/15,453
Education22#12,280/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,929/15,650
Community28#11,343/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,244/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Foreman, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Little River County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low10.5×
97/100Arkansas 12.5×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsLittle River County value
Public libraries · high2.6 /10k
94/100Arkansas 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLittle River County value
Rent-burdened households · low27.9%
94/100Arkansas 44.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Arkansas 7.0 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLittle River County value
Social associations · high14.4 /10k
89/100Arkansas 11.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLittle River County value
Rent as share of income · low25.8%
88/100Arkansas 27.6%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low9 /100k
0/100Arkansas 281 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLittle River County value
Mental health care shortage · high21.0
0/100Arkansas 12.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLittle River County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low6.6%
3/100Arkansas 25.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Arkansas 3.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLittle River County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.7 µg/m³
4/100Arkansas 8.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLittle River County value
Distance to an airport · high134 mi
4/100Arkansas 46 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauLittle River County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,165 (2015-2019) → 1,044 (2020-2024)
−10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
54.6% (2015-2019) → 27.9% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
37.9% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
27.3% (2015-2019) → 17.0% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
81.3% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Foreman, Arkansas improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Inequality−0.1660.551 → 0.384
High school++10 points81.3% → 91.4%

Declined1

Bachelor's+−9 points15.6% → 6.6%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Foreman, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.0 min2015-2019	26.7 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	−9 points	Declined	2%
Broadband subscriptions	63.9%2015-2019	72.7%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Effective property tax rate	0.44%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	81.3%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	95%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5512015-2019	0.3842020-2024	−0.166	Improved	99%
Median household income	$29,7732015-2019	$42,0832020-2024	+41%	Within the margin of error	76%
Poverty rate	27.3%2015-2019	17.0%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.9%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	54.6%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−27 points	Within the margin of error	97%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Foreman, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Foreman, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Foreman, Arkansas itself moved +15.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,044 residents (±306)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+9.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,044 residents (±306)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White53%†552
Black30%†315
Hispanic or Latino12%†

Education

713 residents (±205)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma8.6%†61
High school or GED47%†332
Some college35%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

432 households (±107)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k23%†100
$25k–50k35%†150
$50k–75k19%†80
$75k–100k11%†48
$100k–150k9.5%†41
$150k–200k2.1%†9
$200k or more0.9%†4

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−24.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

432 households (±107)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own69%†298
Rent31%†134

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

129 households (±53)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75048%†62
$750–1,00048%†62
$1,000–1,5003.9%†5

Home values

298 homes (±90)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k79%†236
$150k–250k8.4%†25
$250k–400k11%†34

Age of homes

625 homes (±142)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later7.2%†45
2000–20098.6%†54
1980–199924%†148

Size of homes

625 homes (±142)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio1.8%†11
1 bedroom15%†94
2 bedrooms27%†170

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

358 workers (±125)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone93%†334
Carpool4.5%†16
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.4%†5
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.8%†3
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−15.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

355 workers (±125)

Foreman, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min25%†88
15–29 min21%†76
30–44 min30%†106

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Texarkana, TX-AR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Little River County, the county holding most of Foreman's residents.

Little River County has 168 employer establishments, 142 for every 10,000 residents (0.57× the US rate of 248; 0.62× Arkansas's), with 2,514 paid employees at an average annual pay of $71,352. The Census Bureau also counts 665 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 168; 665 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 142; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 2,514
Average annual pay: $71,352; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Little River County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	16	13.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	225	$17,013	7
Religious organizations	14	11.9	2.14×More than typical	51	$18,294	—
Ambulatory health care services	11	9.3	0.45×Fewer than typical	71	$45,155	42
Limited-service restaurants	10	8.5	1.06×About typical	165	$17,879	5
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	7.6	1.51×Too few to compare	29	$41,172	19
Truck transportation	8	6.8	1.34×Too few to compare	156	$44,147	25
Banks and credit unions	6	5.1	1.57×Too few to compare	31	$48,194	—
Full-service restaurants	6	5.1	0.66×Too few to compare	60	$14,633	—
Specialty trade contractors	6	5.1	0.33×Too few to compare	114	$57,184	74
General merchandise stores	5	4.2	2.40×Too few to compare	191	$28,105	5
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	4	3.4	1.94×Too few to compare	21	$39,429	3
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	3.4	0.77×Too few to compare	5	$75,400	16

Rank places for an industry Open Little River County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,812 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Foreman, Arkansas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

860.6FY2023
20.2FY2024
-859.5FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Foreman, Arkansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Foreman, Arkansas's figures are part of those of Little River County, AR ($1.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Foreman is mostly in Little River County.

See federal money in Little River County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Foreman, Arkansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Bruce WestermanR-AR-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Little River County13100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Texarkana, TX-AR6

Other cities and towns in Little River County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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