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Hot Springs, AR

37,920 Population
37.6 square miles 1,009.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 45.5 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$31,704 ±$1,988 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: $34,085 ±$1,294
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
$47,760 ±$3,085 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: $57,181 ±$2,452
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467

20.6% ±2.2% (7,642  ±824) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 15.8% 15,608 (±1.5% / ±1,482)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)

16.9 minutes ±1.2 (256,650  ±21,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 21.4 821,585 (±0.9 / ±39,572)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)

Families

18,433 ±603 Number of households
  • the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 43,667 ±817
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
2 ±0.1 (36,812  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 2.3 98,356 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574

3.9% ±1.5% (320  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 3.3% † 684 (±0.9% / ±191)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)

Housing

22,116 ±561 Number of housing units
  • the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 52,760 ±71
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514

$165,500 ±$8,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: $194,300 ±$11,677
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754

13.2% ±2.4% (4,952  ±892.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 10.7% † 10,650 (±1.6% / ±1,537)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)

Social

88.6% ±4.1% (24,667  ±1,272.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 90.6% 66,264 (±2.6% / ±1,935.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
26.1% ±2.5% (7,259  ±721) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 25.3% 18,522 (±1.4% / ±1,033.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)

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

6% ±1.3% (2,261  ±505) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 4% 3,998
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740

8.4% ±1.2% (2,634  ±364) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hot Springs, AR Metro Area: 9.8% 7,875 (±0.9% / ±725)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
2,634 Total veterans ±364 2,256 Male ±346 378 Female ±161

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