Fountain Lake vs Lonsdale

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

Fountain Lake and Lonsdale 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 227 in Lonsdale). Lonsdale has the higher median household income ($66,031 vs $57,885 in Fountain Lake). Lonsdale has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $160,200 in Fountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
Population	651	227
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$66,031
Median home value	$160,200	$161,300
Housing units	286	67
Homeownership rate	76.2%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	142 → 227 (+59.9%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$48,750 → $66,031 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$70,000 → $161,300 (+130.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)	—

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

Lonsdale

Population

142227

Median household income

$48,750$66,031

Median home value

$70,000$161,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
Under 5	8.4%	18.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	26.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	0.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	37.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	2.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	2.6%
75 and over	4.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
Drove alone	65.7%	92.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
1-unit, detached	72.0%	28.4%
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	28.0%	71.6%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Lonsdale
Poverty rate	23.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.54	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	47
Median year structure built	1985	2012