County profile
Hot Spring County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1472 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,761
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
513
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,451
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$55.4k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
15.1%±3.0%
Business applications
334 · 2025
Retail establishments
78
23.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing34%
Retail trade19%
Health care17%
Transportation13%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,451
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $41.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,390
International migration+4
Natural change−1,035
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.1k±$15.3k
Median gross rent
$768/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±2.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$2.0M
7 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Lightning 86Strong wind 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1562016
1602017
1642018
1692019
1742020
1862021
2272022
2202023
2632024
2662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
102022
62023
42024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.0 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
6.8 km
UP
Nearest port
79.3 km
NORTH LITTLE ROCK PORT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
22.5 km
MEML FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hot Spring?
Hot Spring's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.