Fountain Lake vs Rockwell

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

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

Rockwell has the higher population (3,921 vs 651 in Fountain Lake). Rockwell has the higher median household income ($61,452 vs $57,885 in Fountain Lake). Rockwell has the higher median home value ($255,700 vs $160,200 in Fountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
Population	651	3,921
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$61,452
Median home value	$160,200	$255,700
Median gross rent	—	$980
Housing units	286	2,056
Homeownership rate	76.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	4,744 → 3,921 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$52,219 → $61,452 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$211,400 → $255,700 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)	$953 → $980 (+2.8%)

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

Rockwell

Population

4,7443,921

Median household income

$52,219$61,452

Median home value

$211,400$255,700

Median gross rent

$953$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
Under 5	8.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	14.1%
75 and over	4.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	45.6%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
Drove alone	65.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	72.0%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Rockwell
Poverty rate	23.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1985	1989