Hot Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 37,994 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Hot Springs is the 11th largest community in Arkansas.Hot Springs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%). Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.87 minutes getting to work every day.The education level of Hot Springs citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.25% of adults in Hot Springs have at least a bachelor's 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.
