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Arkansas·Garland County
15 tracts·33K people·$166K median·874/mi²
White 67 · Black 16 · Hispanic 11 · Multiracial 5 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Living alone 40 · Married couple 32 · Other 29
Health 30 · Leisure 22 · Retail 18 · Professional 17 · Manufacturing 7 · Public admin 3 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 29 · Sales · office 25 · Service 24 · Production · transport 12 · Construction · maintenance 10
Drive alone 76 · Carpool 25 · Work from home 8 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Hot Springs is $165,500 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Hot Springs has 37,920 residents across 12 census tracts and 12 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 45.3; the population is 66.6% White, 15.6% Black, 10.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% Multiracial, 1.2% Asian and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.0 people; 26.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 20.6% (Census ACS).
LAKESIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (51%), LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL (51%) and PARK MAGNET AN IB PYP WORLD CLASS SCHOOL (48%) lead the elementary schools; LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL (54%), LAKESIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (53%) and HOT SPRINGS JUNIOR ACADEMY (22%) lead the middle schools; LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL (43%) and HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL (21%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $914/month, 42% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Hot Springs is $47,760 a year, 45% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Hot Springs, median rent is $914/month and the median home value is $165,500 (Census ACS).
Hot Springs reported 5.2 violent crimes and 60.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 92°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 67 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 58 inches; snowfall averages 1 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Hot Springs are ice storm (97), tornado (92) and strong wind (91), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.21g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Hot Springs scores 9.3 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 1.7% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).