Hot Springs vs Lake Hamilton

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

Hot Springs 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 has the higher population (38,023 vs 1,912 in Lake Hamilton). Lake Hamilton has the higher median household income ($87,870 vs $46,441 in Hot Springs). Lake Hamilton has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $156,900 in Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs	Lake Hamilton
Population	38,023	1,912
Median age	45.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,441	$87,870
Median home value	$156,900	$411,000
Median gross rent	$902	$806
Housing units	21,652	1,434
Homeownership rate	57.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs	Lake Hamilton
Population	38,559 → 38,023 (-1.4%)	2,240 → 1,912 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$37,552 → $46,441 (+23.7%)	$54,000 → $87,870 (+62.7%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $156,900 (+27.7%)	$390,900 → $411,000 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $902 (+24.1%)	$751 → $806 (+7.3%)

Hot Springs

Population

38,55938,023

Median household income

$37,552$46,441

Median home value

$122,900$156,900

Median gross rent

$727$902

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	Lake Hamilton
Under 5	5.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	22.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	18.1%
75 and over	11.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs	Lake Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	88.7%
Black or African American	16.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs	Lake Hamilton
No high school diploma	11.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs	Lake Hamilton
Drove alone	77.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs	Lake Hamilton
1-unit, detached	62.7%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs	Lake Hamilton
Poverty rate	21.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1972	1988