City safety & data profile

Hot SpringsAR

Hot Springs, AR is a 36K-resident city in Garland County with a median household income of $47,760.

Garland County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hot Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hot Springs has a population larger than 69% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $165,500, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

36K
Population (place)
Top 31%
By size
$47,760
Median income (place)
$165,500
Median home (place)
20.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hot Springs

Hot Springs posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Hot Springs area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Hot Springs

Where Hot Springs income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$47,760 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Hot Springs $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AR

Population among 39 AR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Little Rock is the largest AR city on this list; Centerton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AR

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Centerton posts the highest place-level median income in AR; Little Rock is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Hot Springs, AR beyond the headline numbers

Hot Springs sits inside Garland County, Arkansas, at roughly 34.50°N, -93.06°W. Population 35,635, $47,760 median household income. Median home value $165,500, median rent $914. Poverty rate 20.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Hot Springs, 2.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

20.5% of Hot Springs, AR residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Hot Springs costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6.8% of Hot Springs workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 47.1% in Hot Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 45.3 years, Hot Springs's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hot Springs from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
35,635
Hot Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,760
-47% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$165,500
-60% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Garland County): Hot Springs's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
100K+4%
Median Income
$57,181+46%
Median Home Value
$194,300+49%
Poverty Rate
15.8%-24%
Unemployment
5.7%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Hot Springs, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$914/mo
Poverty Rate
20.5% +65% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 26.1%
Work From Home 6.8%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 72%
African American 15.7%
Asian 1.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
47.1%
Obesity
41.2%
Short Sleep Duration
38.7%
Physical Inactivity
33.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
18%
Current Smoking
17.5%
Diabetes
16.2%
Binge Drinking
13.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52%
Annual Checkup 80.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.6%
Stroke
5%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
1
★
0
Average Rating
2.5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
2
CHI ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL HOT SPRINGS
HOT SPRINGS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER
HOT SPRINGS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Hot Springs?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hot Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet AR-HOT-SPRINGS · Hot Springs

Hot Springs: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hot Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arkansas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Hot Springs, AR? ▼
Hot Springs, AR has a population of 35,635 people, located in Garland County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Hot Springs? ▼
The median household income in Hot Springs, AR is $47,760 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.5%.
What is the median home value in Hot Springs? ▼
The median home value in Hot Springs, AR is $165,500. Median rent is $914/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hot Springs? ▼
The top health indicators in Hot Springs include High Blood Pressure (47.1%), Obesity (41.2%), Short Sleep Duration (38.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Hot Springs? ▼
Hot Springs has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 2.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Hot Springs? ▼
The median age in Hot Springs, AR is 45.3 years. 26.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hot Springs, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (20.5% here).

El Cajon, CA 20.5% Burlington, VT 20.5% Wheeling, WV 20.5% Duncan, OK 20.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($47,760 here).

Centralia, IL $47,807 Syracuse, NY $47,819 Laurel, MS $47,661 Ironton, OH $47,648

Compare Hot Springs with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Hot Springs Village, AR 13K Malvern, AR 11K Arkadelphia, AR 11K Benton, AR 34K Bryant, AR 20K Maumelle, AR 18K Russellville, AR 29K Little Rock, AR 203K
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Using Hot Springs's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Hot Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Hot Springs against Arkansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arkansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Garland County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.