Hot Springs Village vs Lake Hamilton

A side-by-side comparison of Hot Springs Village and Lake Hamilton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hot Springs Village has the higher population (16,509 vs 1,912 in Lake Hamilton). Lake Hamilton has the higher median household income ($87,870 vs $69,953 in Hot Springs Village). Lake Hamilton has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $262,000 in Hot Springs Village).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
Population	16,509	1,912
Median age	69.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,953	$87,870
Median home value	$262,000	$411,000
Median gross rent	$1,167	$806
Housing units	9,707	1,434
Homeownership rate	86.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
Population	14,779 → 16,509 (+11.7%)	2,240 → 1,912 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$58,899 → $69,953 (+18.8%)	$54,000 → $87,870 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$207,800 → $262,000 (+26.1%)	$390,900 → $411,000 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,167 (+8.5%)	$751 → $806 (+7.3%)

Hot Springs Village

Population

14,77916,509

Median household income

$58,899$69,953

Median home value

$207,800$262,000

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,167

Lake Hamilton

Population

2,2401,912

Median household income

$54,000$87,870

Median home value

$390,900$411,000

Median gross rent

$751$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
Under 5	1.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	5.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	4.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	28.3%	18.1%
75 and over	31.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	23.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
Drove alone	73.6%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	14.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
1-unit, detached	85.5%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	17.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs Village	Lake Hamilton
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.7%
Average household size	1.91	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1994	1988