Hot Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 38,109 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Hot Springs is the 11th largest community in Arkansas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hot Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hot Springs is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hot Springs who work in sales jobs (12.92%), office and administrative support (11.63%), and food service (10.50%). One of the benefits of Hot Springs is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.87 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.The citizens of Hot Springs are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.25% of adults in Hot Springs having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hot Springs in 2022 was $28,775, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,100 for a family of four. However, Hot Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hot Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hot Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hot Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hot Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.70% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hot Springs include Irish, German, English, African, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Hot Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
