Photo: User:Brandonrush, Michaelkrewson, Doug Wertman, Alfred Carrillo, flickr user Learning Lark · CC BY-SA 3.0Bella Vista has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 22% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Arkansas as a whole. 2,604 jobs are based in Bella Vista, and 12,331 of its residents work somewhere. Bella Vista grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bella Vista apart on work
Home offices are common in Bella Vista
22% of Bella Vista workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. Time on the road ↓
Bella Vista is a place people come home to
There are 2,604 jobs based in Bella Vista, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bella Vista has about 25,000 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bella Vista and Bentonville trade workers both ways
Bentonville is the top workplace for Bella Vista residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Bella Vista come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bella Vista workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bella Vista
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bella Vista is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #16 of 123 in Arkansas. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bella Vista could be anywhere from B to A.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Arkansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bella Vista workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,745 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Bella Vista by day and by night
On a workday 11,597 residents head out to work, 734 work right here, and 1,870 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Bella Vista on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
33% of working residents work in Bentonville
Where Bella Vista clocks in
33% of workers
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Bella Vista
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bella Vista, 2013 → 2023: 2,079 → 2,604. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bella Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Bella Vista to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Bella Vista: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Arkansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,680 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Bella Vista households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bella Vista’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bella Vista next to U.S. towns of 24,000 to 47,000: 554th of 1,287 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Centerton AR | 27,176 | $116K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 552 | York Township PA | 31,479 | $80K | 7.5% | 2.9% | 11% | A− |
| 553 | Addison IL | 35,758 | $90K | 8.7% | 4.7% | 10% | B+ |
| 554 | Bella Vista AR | 34,518 | $88K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 555 | West Lafayette IN | 45,747 | $35K | 37.3% | 4.5% | 35% | B+ |
| 556 | Guilford Township IN | 37,203 | $88K | 7.4% | 4.1% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 563 | Sherwood AR | 33,620 | $81K | 9.0% | 2.9% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 678 | Benton AR | 38,898 | $73K | 8.1% | 3.4% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bella Vista, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
34% of Bella Vista works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Bentonville (33%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bella Vista workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Vista | – | B+ | C− | 28 min | $88,055 |
| Gravette | 1% | B | C− | 22 min | $68,214 |
| Bentonville | 33% | A | B | 19 min | $112,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bella Vista’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bella Vista: questions
What is the median household income in Bella Vista?
$88,055 (±$5,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bella Vista?
3.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bella Vista?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bella Vista work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bentonville (33%, 8 mi), Rogers (16%, 12 mi), Springdale (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bella Vista walkable?
Bella Vista is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bella Vista without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bella Vista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bella Vista
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.