Fountain Lake vs Pearcy

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

Fountain Lake and Pearcy 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 343 in Pearcy). Fountain Lake has the higher median household income ($57,885 vs $27,472 in Pearcy). Fountain Lake has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $55,900 in Pearcy).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Pearcy
Population	651	343
Median age	42.1 yrs	66.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$27,472
Median home value	$160,200	$55,900
Housing units	286	163
Homeownership rate	76.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Pearcy
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	430 → 343 (-20.2%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$29,342 → $27,472 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$54,000 → $55,900 (+3.5%)
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

Pearcy

Population

430343

Median household income

$29,342$27,472

Median home value

$54,000$55,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Lake	Pearcy
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	3.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	4.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	48.7%
75 and over	4.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Pearcy
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.9%
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%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Pearcy
No high school diploma	9.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	45.6%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Pearcy
Drove alone	65.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	0.0%
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	Pearcy
1-unit, detached	72.0%	39.3%
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%	60.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Pearcy
Poverty rate	23.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1985	1986