Population
100 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Arkansas
City profile · Arkansas · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Fountain Hill - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Fountain Hill - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Fountain Hill places in the 3rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Arkansas's Fountain Hill is a small town, with 100 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Fountain Hill households earn a median of $31,250 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.3%. The median resident age is 43.8 years. 4.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 52.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: the state registers 86.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $880 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arkansas's average monthly utility costs around $210 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 53.9 out of 100 (Low).
Population
100 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Arkansas
Median Household Income
$31,250 /yr
Poverty 4.3%
Cost of Living Index (state)
86.9 (US=100)
Well Below Average - BEA RPP 2024, Arkansas average
Where Fountain Hill sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Each percentile compares Fountain Hill against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arkansas-relative analysis
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Fountain Hill ranks #277 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Fountain Hill only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arkansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
3rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 48 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Arkansas - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Arkansas state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a Arkansas state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Fountain Hill sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Fountain Hill's 100 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Fountain Hill's $31,250 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
The population of Fountain Hill, AR stands at 100 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
The median household income in Fountain Hill is $31,250 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Fountain Hill; the closest available measure is the Arkansas state average, a cost of living index of 86.9 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Well Below Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Arkansas vary by metro area.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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