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Hot Springs, AR

38,023 Population
37.6 square miles 1,012.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 45.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$29,736 ±$1,805 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: $32,793 ±$1,277
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$46,441 ±$3,114 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: $55,409 ±$2,233
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

21.3% ±2.3% (7,862  ±848) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 16.5% 16,237 (±1.5% / ±1,466)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

17 minutes ±1.2 (256,115  ±21,717) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 21.9 851,245 (±0.9 / ±42,652)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

17,818 ±507 Number of households
  • the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 43,762 ±707
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.1 ±0.1 (36,718  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 2.3 98,263 (±0 / ±57)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

3.7% ±1.6% (301  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 2.9% † 609 (±1% / ±199)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

21,652 ±415 Number of housing units
  • the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 52,570 ±50
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$156,900 ±$9,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: $176,400 ±$7,178
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

14.9% ±2.4% (5,605  ±897) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 11.9% † 11,831 (±1.5% / ±1,527.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

88.3% ±3.9% (24,103  ±1,188.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 90.9% 66,284 (±2.6% / ±1,865.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
27.7% ±2.5% (7,560  ±692.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 26.3% 19,140 (±1.4% / ±1,023.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.1% ±1.5% (2,690  ±552) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 4.1% 4,120
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

8.4% ±1.2% (2,589  ±366) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 9.8% 7,831 (±0.7% / ±593)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
2,589 Total veterans ±366 2,302 Male ±334 287 Female ±136

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