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Hot Springs Village, AR vs Warm Mineral Springs, FL

Hot Springs Village

Arkansas

vs

Warm Mineral Springs

Florida

Across 31 directional measures we can compare, Hot Springs Village leads on 20 and Warm Mineral Springs on 11. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 8% higher in Hot Springs Village, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,209$1,117
Hot Springs Village is 8% higher
Median household income
$75,370$53,668
Hot Springs Village is 40% higher
Median home value
$272,000$188,300
Hot Springs Village is 44% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $66,500 a year left in Hot Springs Village and $41,400 in Warm Mineral Springs. Money goes further in Hot Springs Village, by about $25,000 a year.
  • A household earning Hot Springs Village's median of $75,370 would need about $78,000 in Warm Mineral Springs to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay outran rent by 2.7 points a year in Hot Springs Village, and pay outran rent by 7.8 points a year in Warm Mineral Springs.

How these are calculated

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Top 1 of 1 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Hot Springs Village, ARComposite 51.0 / 100
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586755n/a2734n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureHot Springs VillageWarm Mineral SpringsAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,209$1,117
Rent to income119.2%25.0%
Property tax rate10.5%0.7%
Home price to income13.6x3.5x
Prices vs US average285.7102.4
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,110$2,188
HUD area median income4$81,600$109,700
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$1,367$1,383
Median home value1$272,000$188,300
Home prices, 1-year change53.9%-4.4%
Home prices, 5-year change555.0%52.1%
Homeownership187.6%88.6%
Renters paying 30%+148.6%59.3%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,452$1,283
Vacant homes112.9%38.2%
Median year built119941985
Jobs and income
Median household income1$75,370$53,668
Income per person1$48,061$37,799
Unemployment12.9%3.7%
Average annual pay6$47,102$67,603
Pay growth, 1 year61.9%3.8%
Jobs638,517194,499
Poverty rate17.3%14.7%
Mean commute129 min25 min
Works from home117.6%16.6%
Commutes by transit10.0%0.0%
People
Population116,3274,470
Median age169.671.4
Bachelor's or higher134.7%24.8%
High school or higher197.8%96.1%
Household size11.91.8
Born abroad12.2%17.8%
No health insurance13.2%5.9%
Homes with broadband190.6%92.4%
Moving
Moved here in the past year19.0%14.0%
Moved from another state15.7%7.2%
Net movers per 1,000 people70.513.3
Income of households moving in7$61,962$141,412
Income of households moving out7$57,616$86,689
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k826.322.2
Shops per 10k846.438.2
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k85.16.0
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k833.033.4
Child care centers per 10k82.11.4
Parks per 10k90.00.0
Playgrounds per 10k90.00.0
Grocery stores per 10k91.20.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k95.50.0
Libraries per 10k91.20.0
Named paths and bike trails912.70.0
Transit stops per sq mi90.00.0
Nearest National Park Service site1011.1n/a
National Park Service sites within 60 miles102n/a
National Register listings1198104
Founded or incorporated121970n/a
Schools
Public schools132863
Public school students1314,39145,253
Students per teacher1314.516.0
Climate
July average high1492°F92°F
January average low1431°F51°F
Average temperature1461°F74°F
Annual precipitation1455.2 in53.7 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1589.398.2
Hurricane risk1562.199.5
Tornado risk1596.492.5
Wildfire risk1572.993.3
Heat wave risk1593.989.8
Median air quality index16n/a46
Good air days16n/a64.7%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Hot Springs Village $48,360, Warm Mineral Springs $44,680 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Wikidata · Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) · Retrieved 2026-11
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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