Lake Hamilton vs Piney

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

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

Piney has the higher population (4,485 vs 1,912 in Lake Hamilton). Lake Hamilton has the higher median household income ($87,870 vs $49,002 in Piney). Lake Hamilton has the higher median home value ($411,000 vs $131,300 in Piney).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
Population	1,912	4,485
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,870	$49,002
Median home value	$411,000	$131,300
Median gross rent	$806	$939
Housing units	1,434	2,386
Homeownership rate	77.1%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
Population	2,240 → 1,912 (-14.6%)	4,521 → 4,485 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$54,000 → $87,870 (+62.7%)	$40,302 → $49,002 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$390,900 → $411,000 (+5.1%)	$96,000 → $131,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$751 → $806 (+7.3%)	$833 → $939 (+12.7%)

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

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)

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
Under 5	3.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	18.1%	11.4%
75 and over	7.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	81.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
No high school diploma	2.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	36.9%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
Drove alone	81.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
1-unit, detached	51.0%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	9.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	36.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hamilton	Piney
Poverty rate	7.7%	28.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1988	1991