Fountain Hill vs Montrose

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Hill and Montrose: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain Hill and Montrose are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montrose has the higher population (190 vs 100 in Fountain Hill). Montrose has the higher median household income ($36,875 vs $31,250 in Fountain Hill). Since 2019, Fountain Hill's population has grown faster (-37.9% vs -58.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
Population	100	190
Median age	43.8 yrs	61.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$36,875
Median home value	—	$60,000
Housing units	78	151
Homeownership rate	93.8%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
Population	161 → 100 (-37.9%)	452 → 190 (-58.0%)
Median household income	$47,857 → $31,250 (-34.7%)	$25,000 → $36,875 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $50,600 (+12.4%)	$31,300 → $60,000 (+91.7%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $700 (+9.5%)	$575 → $730 (+27.0%)

Fountain Hill

Population

161100

Median household income

$47,857$31,250

Median home value

$45,000$50,600

Median gross rent

$639$700

Montrose

Population

452190

Median household income

$25,000$36,875

Median home value

$31,300$60,000

Median gross rent

$575$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	26.0%	1.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	21.0%	25.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	25.8%
75 and over	8.0%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	11.6%
Black or African American	43.0%	82.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
No high school diploma	1.2%	28.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
Drove alone	56.3%	95.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	0.0%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
1-unit, detached	70.5%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hill	Montrose
Poverty rate	9.0%	23.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1980	1972