Crystal Springs vs Lake Hamilton

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

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

Lake Hamilton has the higher population (1,912 vs 302 in Crystal Springs). Crystal Springs has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $87,870 in Lake Hamilton). Lake Hamilton has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $261,000 in Crystal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
Population	302	1,912
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$87,870
Median home value	$261,000	$411,000
Median gross rent	—	$806
Housing units	99	1,434
Homeownership rate	91.9%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
Population	543 → 302 (-44.4%)	2,240 → 1,912 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$78,302 → $91,250 (+16.5%)	$54,000 → $87,870 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$216,000 → $261,000 (+20.8%)	$390,900 → $411,000 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$751 → $806 (+7.3%)

Crystal Springs

Population

543302

Median household income

$78,302$91,250

Median home value

$216,000$261,000

Lake Hamilton

Population

2,2401,912

Median household income

$54,000$87,870

Median home value

$390,900$411,000

Median gross rent

$751$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	33.1%	22.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	25.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	32.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	2.3%	18.1%
75 and over	0.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	33.7%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	56.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
Drove alone	100.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
1-unit, detached	79.8%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Crystal Springs	Lake Hamilton
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.7%
Average household size	3.05	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	39	24
Median year structure built	1981	1988