Fountain Lake vs Hot Springs

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

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

Hot Springs has the higher population (38,023 vs 651 in Fountain Lake). Fountain Lake has the higher median household income ($57,885 vs $46,441 in Hot Springs). Fountain Lake has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $156,900 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
Population	651	38,023
Median age	42.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$46,441
Median home value	$160,200	$156,900
Median gross rent	—	$902
Housing units	286	21,652
Homeownership rate	76.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	38,559 → 38,023 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$37,552 → $46,441 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$122,900 → $156,900 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)	$727 → $902 (+24.1%)

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

Hot Springs

Population

38,55938,023

Median household income

$37,552$46,441

Median home value

$122,900$156,900

Median gross rent

$727$902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
Under 5	8.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.2%
75 and over	4.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	66.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
Drove alone	65.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
1-unit, detached	72.0%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs
Poverty rate	23.3%	21.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1985	1972