Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety11#2,763/3,096
Economy18#2,562/3,143
Housing83#541/3,140
Health22#2,444/3,144
Healthcare41#1,862/3,143
Environment15#2,629/3,108
Education24#2,387/3,144
Infrastructure23#2,429/3,144
Community3#3,058/3,144
Leisure & amenities14#2,700/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hot Spring County, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
94/100Arkansas 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Students per teacher · low9.9×
93/100Arkansas 12.5×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Time spent in the emergency room · low100 min
88/100Arkansas 165 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Rent-burdened households · low34.3%
87/100Arkansas 44.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drug overdose deaths · low12.9 /100k
84/100Arkansas 10.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Rent as share of income · low24.4%
83/100Arkansas 27.6%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low46.4%
4/100Arkansas 52.5%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Access to exercise opportunities · low19.7%
6/100Arkansas 63.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income adjusted for local prices · low$49,779
7/100Arkansas $68,233United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Food environment index · low6.1
11/100Arkansas 4.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · low0.1 /1k
12/100Arkansas 4.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.7 µg/m³
12/100Arkansas 8.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
17% (2021) → 79% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+62 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.8% (2015-2019) → 82.6% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
52.0% (2019) → 39.0% (2023)
−13 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
45.8% (2015-2019) → 34.3% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Suicide rateImproving
45.3 /100k (2021) → 20.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
1,890 /100k (2021) → 939 /100k (2025)
−50%4 yearsUS 1,782 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hot Spring County, Arkansas improved on 10 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Rent burden−12 points45.8% → 34.3%
Broadband+18 points64.8% → 82.6%
Rent / income−4.4 points28.8% → 24.4%
Bachelor's++4.2 points13.3% → 17.5%
Students / teacher−1.4×11.3× → 9.9×

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.2× → 2.7×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Hot Spring County, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	2.7 /10k2025	+27%	Within the margin of error	79%
Average commute time	26.6 min2015-2019	29.9 min2020-2024	+3.2 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Average weekly wage	$7682020	$9662025	+26%	Improved	63%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	75%
Broadband subscriptions	64.8%2015-2019	82.6%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	89%
Child poverty rate	26.7%2019	19.2%2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Distance to an airport	46 mi2020	46 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	17.7 /100k2020	12.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−27%	Within the margin of error	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Firearm deaths	20.5 /100k2020	21.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	44%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−26%	Within the margin of error	14%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−1.1%	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	85.8%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	36%
Homicide rate	8.1 /100k2020	6.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Within the margin of error	40%
Income adjusted for local prices	$38,3832019	$49,7792024	+30%	Improved	37%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4302020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$45,8602019	$58,4012024	+27%	Improved	62%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	10.0 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	56%
Pharmacies	2.7 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	37%
Poverty rate	20.2%2019	15.4%2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+1.5%	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	−4.4 points	Improved	89%
Rent-burdened households	45.8%2015-2019	34.3%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	92%
Restaurants and bars	3.6 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	80%
Students per teacher	11.3×2019	9.9×2024	−1.4×	Improved	75%
Suicide rate	30.2 /100k2020	20.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−34%	Within the margin of error	92%
Traffic deaths	36.9 /100k2015-2019	35.0 /100k2020-2024	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	62%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	4.4%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	27%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.2%2019	9.0%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Hot Spring County, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hot Spring County, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hot Spring County, Arkansas itself moved +4.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

33,180 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

12,310 households (±358)

Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k20%2,460
$25k–50k24%2,948
$50k–75k19%2,326

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

12,310 households (±358)

Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own76%9,414
Rent24%2,896

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

13,190 workers (±714)

Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone81%10,691
Carpool11%1,485
Public transit0.4%†50

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Malvern, AR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Hot Spring County has 513 employer establishments, 154 for every 10,000 residents (0.62× the US rate of 248; 0.67× Arkansas's), with 5,761 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,873. The Census Bureau also counts 2,172 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 513; 2,172 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 154; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 5,761
Average annual pay: $46,873; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hot Spring County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	46	13.8	0.89×About typical	149	$45,846	275
Ambulatory health care services	42	12.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	245	$75,176	135
Restaurants and other eating places	34	10.2	0.56×Fewer than typical	447	$18,251	9
Religious organizations	32	9.6	1.74×More than typical	124	$20,105	—
Building equipment contractors	20	6	1.00×About typical	43	$44,419	58
Limited-service restaurants	17	5.1	0.64×Fewer than typical	365	$17,151	3
Truck transportation	17	5.1	1.01×About typical	533	$59,311	75
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	4.8	0.96×About typical	58	$33,845	62
Offices of other health practitioners	16	4.8	0.79×Fewer than typical	31	$30,000	43
Offices of physicians	15	4.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	122	$92,639	11
Gasoline stations	14	4.2	1.30×More than typical	167	$27,671	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	14	4.2	0.96×About typical	44	$40,455	51

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 33,214 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated -$35.9K on contracts performed in Hot Spring County, Arkansas: -$1.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$35.9K; −128% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$1.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

PADGETT AG AIR INC$00.0%
STEELCASE INC.-$83.890.0%
CRAFT MANUFACTURING AND TOOLING INC-$35.8K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1MFY2017
358KFY2018
243.5KFY2019
172.7KFY2020
332.4KFY2021
218.9KFY2022
168.6KFY2023
305.4K

Largest awards

FURNITURE FOR THE HOTSPRINGS COUNTY NRCS OFFICE (MALVERN, AR)$62.9K
STEELCASE INC.· Hot Spring County, AR· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 21, 2023 – Mar 17, 2026· 12FPC123F0249
AR-FWS WHITE RIV NWR-AERIAL GUNNING$25K
PADGETT AG AIR INC· Hot Spring County, AR· Facilities & utilities· Sep 3, 2025 – Jul 13, 2026· 140FS325C0018
8510714391!SUPPORT,STRUCTURAL$6,025
CRAFT MANUFACTURING AND TOOLING INC· Hot Spring County, AR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 2, 2024 – Mar 16, 2026· SPE4A724PD715
8510819933!SUPPORT,STRUCTURAL

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $232.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hot Spring County, Arkansas: $6,953 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $232.6M; −0.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,953; US $12,955
Loan face value: $9.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$125.9M54%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$31.9M14%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$22.3M9.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$14.5M6.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$14.4M6.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.4M3.6%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$3.1M1.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$1.9M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$19.9M8.5%
LITTLE ROCK, AR
ASU THREE RIVERS$2.3M1.0%
MALVERN, AR
MALVERN HOUSING AUTHORITY$794.8K0.3%
MALVERN, AR
PERFECT HARMONY, LLC$402.6K0.2%
MALVERN, AR
COUNTY OF HOT SPRING$288K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$180.6M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$25.5M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$20.2M8.7%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$2.3M1.0%
Railroad Retirement Board$1.4M0.6%

Assistance by fiscal year

204.6MFY2021
202.6MFY2022
222.1MFY2023
211.6MFY2024
234.2MFY2025
232.6MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Hot Spring County, Arkansas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Hot Spring County, Arkansas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hot Spring County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
FY2017	$33.49	$1,436
FY2018	$10.63	$1,552
FY2019	$7.21	$1,654
FY2020	$5.22	$1,880
FY2021	$10.05	$1,810
FY2022	$6.60	$1,917
FY2023	$5.08	$2,079
FY2024	$9.17	$2,047
FY2025	$3.86	$2,165
FY2026	-$1.07 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hot Spring County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$457	$5,748
FY2022	$263	$5,221
FY2023	$685	$5,364
FY2024	$227	$5,501
FY2025	$422	$5,732
FY2026	$639

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hot Spring County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$225	$298
FY2022	$186	$357
FY2023	$622	$301
FY2024	$150	$319
FY2025	$359	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Hot Spring County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$113	$239
FY2022	$132	$185
FY2023	$96.31	$229
FY2024	$77.34	$229
FY2025	$95.59	$249
FY2026	$56.21

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hot Spring County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$36.49	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	-$0.32	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$2.99

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Hot Spring County, Arkansas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
FY2021	$335	$1,186
FY2022	$124	$465
FY2023	$59.57	$76.52
FY2024	-$10.24	$120
FY2025	$2.13	$148
FY2026	$154

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Hot Spring County, Arkansas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Hot Spring County, Arkansas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	2.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2023

$622 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $206 (3× that).

Compared with 10 similar counties

Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/05059

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hot Spring County, Arkansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Bruce WestermanR-AR-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.4%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Hot Spring County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Malvern, AR8Central county

Cities and towns in Hot Spring County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hot Spring County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/05059

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−2.9%	−4.2%
2015	−1.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+3.3%
2018	+4.5%	+6.8%
2019	+8.0%	+10.5%
2020	+15.8%	+19.4%
2021	+20.8%	+26.1%
2022	+29.3%	+30.6%
2023	+33.0%	+35.0%
2024	+39.8%	+41.0%
2025	+45.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−4.2%	−5.5%
2015	−2.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+5.6%	+8.9%
2019	+9.1%	+13.5%
2020	+18.5%	+20.8%
2021	+28.0%	+32.1%
2022	+29.0%	+35.4%
2023	+33.6%	+42.9%
2024	+39.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	0.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−18.3%	−6.9%
2015	−14.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−8.6%	+4.7%
2018	+1.9%	+7.5%
2019	−1.0%	+14.0%
2020	+7.1%	+16.9%
2021	+11.5%	+21.0%
2022	+9.4%	+29.7%
2023	+16.1%	+34.9%
2024	+26.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	18.7%	15.5%
2015	20.8%	14.7%
2016	14.7%	14.0%
2017	16.8%	13.4%
2018	18.7%	13.1%
2019	20.2%	12.3%
2020	14.9%	11.9%
2021	17.8%	12.8%
2022	17.4%	12.6%
2023	16.9%	12.5%
2024	15.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	5.6%	6.2%
2015	5.0%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.8%	4.4%
2018	3.8%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	6.1%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	−13.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+1.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+4.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+18.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+29.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+34.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+38.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+42.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+38.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	12.9%	13.5%
2015	9.0%	10.9%
2016	7.8%	10.0%
2017	7.6%	10.2%
2018	8.2%	10.4%
2019	9.2%	10.8%
2020	8.9%	10.4%
2021	8.9%	10.2%
2022	8.4%	9.5%
2023	8.7%	9.5%
2024	9.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	United States
2014	4.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	3.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.7/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.0/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Hot Spring County, Arkansas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.7 points	−0.6 points	−3.6 points to +2.1 points
Year −2	+3.1 points	+4.1 points	+2.9 points to +6.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+1.8 points	+2.5 points	+0.2 points to +5.3 points
Year +1	+0.3 points	+2.3 points	+1.0 points to +3.1 points
Year +2	−2.3 points	+1.6 points	−2.8 points to +4.0 points

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