Fountain Lake vs Lake Hamilton

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

Fountain Lake 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 651 in Fountain Lake). Lake Hamilton has the higher median household income ($87,870 vs $57,885 in Fountain Lake). Lake Hamilton has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $160,200 in Fountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
Population	651	1,912
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$87,870
Median home value	$160,200	$411,000
Median gross rent	—	$806
Housing units	286	1,434
Homeownership rate	76.2%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	2,240 → 1,912 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$54,000 → $87,870 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$390,900 → $411,000 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)	$751 → $806 (+7.3%)

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

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)

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
Under 5	8.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	18.1%
75 and over	4.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
No high school diploma	9.9%	2.3%
High school graduate	45.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
Drove alone	65.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
1-unit, detached	72.0%	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	28.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Lake Hamilton
Poverty rate	23.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1985	1988