Hot Springs vs Piney

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

Hot Springs and Piney 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 4,485 in Piney). Piney has the higher median household income ($49,002 vs $46,441 in Hot Springs). Hot Springs has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $131,300 in Piney).

Population, income & housing

	Hot Springs	Piney
Population	38,023	4,485
Median age	45.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,441	$49,002
Median home value	$156,900	$131,300
Median gross rent	$902	$939
Housing units	21,652	2,386
Homeownership rate	57.0%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hot Springs	Piney
Population	38,559 → 38,023 (-1.4%)	4,521 → 4,485 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$37,552 → $46,441 (+23.7%)	$40,302 → $49,002 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $156,900 (+27.7%)	$96,000 → $131,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $902 (+24.1%)	$833 → $939 (+12.7%)

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

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)

	Hot Springs	Piney
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	18.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.4%
75 and over	11.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hot Springs	Piney
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	81.0%
Black or African American	16.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hot Springs	Piney
No high school diploma	11.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	29.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hot Springs	Piney
Drove alone	77.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.2%
Other means	1.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hot Springs	Piney
1-unit, detached	62.7%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	36.4%

Poverty & households

	Hot Springs	Piney
Poverty rate	21.3%	28.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1972	1991