Fountain Lake vs Mountain Pine

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

Fountain Lake and Mountain Pine 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 589 in Mountain Pine). Fountain Lake has the higher median household income ($57,885 vs $46,250 in Mountain Pine). Fountain Lake has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $46,500 in Mountain Pine).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
Population	651	589
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$46,250
Median home value	$160,200	$46,500
Median gross rent	—	$609
Housing units	286	309
Homeownership rate	76.2%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	776 → 589 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$28,929 → $46,250 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$35,200 → $46,500 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)	$368 → $609 (+65.5%)

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

Mountain Pine

Population

776589

Median household income

$28,929$46,250

Median home value

$35,200$46,500

Median gross rent

$368$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
Under 5	8.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.8%
75 and over	4.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	11.5%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	45.6%	64.1%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
Drove alone	65.7%	91.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
1-unit, detached	72.0%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Mountain Pine
Poverty rate	23.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	1976