Fountain Lake vs Piney

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

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

Piney has the higher population (4,485 vs 651 in Fountain Lake). Fountain Lake has the higher median household income ($57,885 vs $49,002 in Piney). Fountain Lake has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $131,300 in Piney).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Piney
Population	651	4,485
Median age	42.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$49,002
Median home value	$160,200	$131,300
Median gross rent	—	$939
Housing units	286	2,386
Homeownership rate	76.2%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Piney
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	4,521 → 4,485 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$40,302 → $49,002 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$96,000 → $131,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)	$833 → $939 (+12.7%)

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

Piney

Population

4,5214,485

Median household income

$40,302$49,002

Median home value

$96,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$833$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Lake	Piney
Under 5	8.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	18.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.4%
75 and over	4.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Piney
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Piney
No high school diploma	9.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Piney
Drove alone	65.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Lake	Piney
1-unit, detached	72.0%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	36.4%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Piney
Poverty rate	23.3%	28.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1985	1991