Hot Springs Village vs Rockwell

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

Hot Springs Village and Rockwell 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 3,921 in Rockwell). Hot Springs Village has the higher median household income ($69,953 vs $61,452 in Rockwell). Hot Springs Village has the higher median home value ($262,000 vs $255,700 in Rockwell).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
Population	16,509	3,921
Median age	69.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,953	$61,452
Median home value	$262,000	$255,700
Median gross rent	$1,167	$980
Housing units	9,707	2,056
Homeownership rate	86.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
Population	14,779 → 16,509 (+11.7%)	4,744 → 3,921 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$58,899 → $69,953 (+18.8%)	$52,219 → $61,452 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$207,800 → $262,000 (+26.1%)	$211,400 → $255,700 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,167 (+8.5%)	$953 → $980 (+2.8%)

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

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)

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
Under 5	1.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	5.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.5%	2.4%
25 to 34	4.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	4.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	28.3%	14.1%
75 and over	31.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	23.0%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
Drove alone	73.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	3.5%
Other means	0.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
1-unit, detached	85.5%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	9.8%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs Village	Rockwell
Poverty rate	9.5%	16.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1994	1989