Crystal Springs vs Fountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Crystal Springs and Fountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain Lake has the higher population (651 vs 302 in Crystal Springs). Crystal Springs has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $57,885 in Fountain Lake). Crystal Springs has the higher median home value ($261,000 vs $160,200 in Fountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
Population	302	651
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$57,885
Median home value	$261,000	$160,200
Housing units	99	286
Homeownership rate	91.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
Population	543 → 302 (-44.4%)	520 → 651 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$78,302 → $91,250 (+16.5%)	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$216,000 → $261,000 (+20.8%)	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)

Crystal Springs

Population

543302

Median household income

$78,302$91,250

Median home value

$216,000$261,000

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	33.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	25.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	32.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	2.3%	13.5%
75 and over	0.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	56.9%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	65.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
1-unit, detached	79.8%	72.0%
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	20.2%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Springs	Fountain Lake
Poverty rate	9.9%	23.3%
Average household size	3.05	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	39	22
Median year structure built	1981	1985