Photo: Alfredo Carrillo · CC BY 2.0Living in Bentonville, AR: what to set up and who to call
Bentonville runs its own electric utility, City of Bentonville; its homes paid 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025. Bentonville has its own drop-off, Bentonville Compost Facility, on 2000 Northwest A Street.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Bentonville, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Bentonville.
Power comes from City of Bentonville
City of Bentonville (City of Bentonville - (AR)), a municipal utility, serves all of Bentonville. Its homes paid an average of 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $128 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Bentonville Water Utilities
Bentonville Water Utilities supplies Bentonville: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Beaver Water District as seller) and serves 51,250 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2026–Dec 2028, was 1.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 57% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000041.
6 home internet providers serve Bentonville
97% of 17,896 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 60% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Communications | Cable, Fiber | 94% | 2,000/100 |
| AT&T | Fiber, DSL, Fixed wireless | 86% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Right Fiber | Fiber | 10% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 2% | 940/940 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 84% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 32% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Bentonville
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Bentonville, from the town’s own site.
Bentonville Compost Facility
2000 Northwest A Street, Bentonville, AR, 72712
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Flattened Cardboard
- Paper
- Aluminum and steel cans
- #1 and #2 Plastic Bottles and Jugs
Compost Facility
2000 NW A Street, Bentonville, AR 72712
From bentonville.ar.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Bentonville (97%) is in Bentonville Public Schools; parts are in Rogers Public Schools (3%).
A+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Bentonville spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Bentonville residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Bentonville | ZIP’s residents in Bentonville |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72712 | Bentonville, AR | 63% | 89% |
| 72713 | Bentonville, AR | 37% | 81% |
72716 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Bentonville
Who supplies Bentonville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Bentonville Water Utilities (EPA ID AR0000041). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.0 ppb (Jan 2026–Dec 2028), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Bentonville?
City of Bentonville (City of Bentonville - (AR)), a municipal utility. Its homes paid about 11.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Bentonville?
Cox Communications, AT&T, Right Fiber, Brightspeed, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Bentonville?
72712 (63%), 72713 (37%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Bentonville in?
Bentonville Public Schools. Parts of the city are in Rogers Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in Bentonville?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Benton County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Bentonville’s own website (bentonville.ar.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.