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SheetAR-BENTONVILLE-AR · Bentonville, AR 56,326 pop · income 82nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bentonville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bentonville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pine Bluff · lowest
41,250
Pine Bluff · lowest
41,250 median HH income
36.9% of the leader · rank #1
Broeck Pointe · near
108,438
Broeck Pointe · near
108,438 median HH income
97.0% of the leader · rank #2
Seven Devils · near
108,438
Seven Devils · near
108,438 median HH income
97.0% of the leader · rank #3
Bentonville · this city
108,465
Bentonville · this city
108,465 median HH income
97.0% of the leader · rank #4
Newtonville · near
108,470
Newtonville · near
108,470 median HH income
97.0% of the leader · rank #5
Moose Wilson… · near
108,494
Moose Wilson… · near
108,494 median HH income
97.0% of the leader · rank #6
Fountain Vall… · highest
111,797
Fountain Vall… · highest
111,797 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bentonville on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 56,326.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Bentonville - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Bentonville lands in the 82nd percentile for household income and the 61st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
82nd
percentile, household income
74th
percentile, home value
3rd
percentile, median rent
61st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
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.
Data Snapshot: Bentonville, AR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 56,326 residents in Bentonville, a small city within Arkansas. Bentonville households earn a median of $108,465 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.4%. Bentonville's housing stock carries a median value of $370,700, and the median resident age is 31.9 years. Educational attainment runs 53.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 72.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 549 residential building permits were authorized in Bentonville (Construction Slowdown), down 49% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Bentonville reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1083.3 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Bentonville's yearly average temperature at 57.3°F with 47.3 inches of precipitation per year and 9.5 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Arkansas scores 86.9 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $944 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arkansas's average monthly utility costs around $210 (state average). Workers in Bentonville report an average commute of 15.5 minutes, with 69.7% driving alone and 19.3% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bentonville's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to climate and hazard context to schools and households to housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bentonville, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Bentonville?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 69.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.5 minutes.
What physical conditions frame life in Bentonville?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 57.3°F, with 47.3 inches of precipitation and 9.5 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Arkansas is 55.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
What does the education layer cover for Bentonville?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 53.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Bentonville?
Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are North Little Rock (64,504 residents, $51,236 income); Conway (66,288 residents, $58,461 income); Rogers (71,411 residents, $82,993 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fountain Valley, CA (56,358 residents); Bradenton, FL (56,289 residents); Smyrna, GA (56,285 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Bentonville?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$108,465
Home value
$370,700
Value / income
3.4×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Bentonville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +8,243 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +15.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 549 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+15.0%
2025 estimate
63,057
2020 estimate
54,814
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Bentonville?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1083.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 52% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
828.0
Violent rate
255.3
Total reported rate
1083.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
86.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share A
53.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$108,465
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime D
255 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bentonville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 86.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 87/100 (A) · 53.7%
Household income: 81/100 (A-) · $108,465
Poverty rate: 63/100 (C+) · 5.4%
Violent crime: 40/100 (D) · 255 /100k
Where Bentonville sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Bentonville's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Bentonville highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Bentonville, AR (this city): home $370,700, crime 1,083/100k
Fountain Valley, CA : home $1,018,600, crime 1,963/100k
Bradenton, FL : home $282,500, crime 2,315/100k
Smyrna, GA : home $409,000, crime 1,540/100k
Sarasota, FL : home $409,700, crime 2,165/100k
Apopka, FL : home $364,300, crime 2,748/100k
North Little Rock, AR : home $169,500, crime 5,493/100k
Conway, AR : home $234,600, crime 2,571/100k
Rogers, AR : home $278,000, crime 1,616/100k
Pine Bluff, AR : home $86,400, crime 6,129/100k
Hot Springs, AR : home $156,900, crime 4,697/100k
Benton, AR : home $199,400, crime 2,679/100k
How does Bentonville compare to other US cities?
Where Bentonville sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value74% pricier than other cities
Median rent3% pricier than other cities
Safety61% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Arkansas, Bentonville ranks #39 of 160 Arkansas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bentonville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arkansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bentonville near the bottom of Arkansas's cities
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bentonville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bentonville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#11 of 495
98th percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Median Home Value
#8 of 482
98th percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#404 of 524
23rd percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#5 of 524
99th percentile in Arkansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
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.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income · 61st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Bentonville's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Bentonville's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Bentonville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$370,70026th percentilemore affordable than 26% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bentonville's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,645 of 15,516
More affordable than 44% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#195 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 3.4×, Bentonville sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,645 of 15,516 and #195 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$108,465Bentonville, AR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bentonville, AR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bentonville, AR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)53.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
56,326
Median Income
$108,465
Median Home Value
$370,700
Median Age
31.9
Poverty Rate
5.4%
Labor force participation
72.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
53.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1083.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
255.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
828.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
57.3°F
Annual Precipitation
47.3"
Annual Snowfall
9.5"
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bentonville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
54,814 residents
2021
56,933 residents
2022
58,009 residents
2023
59,613 residents
2024
61,912 residents
2025
63,057 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
549
housing units authorized
Single-Family
298
detached homes
Multifamily
251
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1,076
473
603
$218.8M
2020
1,168
481
687
$238.6M
2021
603
457
146
$183.8M
2022
1,053
478
575
$246.8M
2023
1,100
632
468
$309.0M
2024
549
298
251
$180.4M
Permit volume decreased 49% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.5 minutes
Drive Alone
69.7%
Carpool
7.6%
Public Transit
0.1%
Walk
2.0%
Work from Home
19.3%
Other
1.3%
Based on 30,056 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arkansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $210
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arkansas at $210 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Arkansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bentonville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arkansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 86.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bentonville is $944/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arkansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arkansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bentonville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bentonville compares to similar-size Arkansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.