Photo: Alfredo Carrillo · CC BY 2.0Bentonville draws 44,225 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Bentonville is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Bentonville has 55,667 jobs for 26,666 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bentonville A; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bentonville
Bentonville is where the jobs are
Bentonville has 55,667 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 92,000 people are in town, 46% more than the 63,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bentonville and Rogers trade workers both ways
Rogers is the top workplace for Bentonville residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Bentonville come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Bentonville works from home
20% of Bentonville workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. Time on the road ↓
Bentonville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bentonville went from 39,216 in 2013 to 55,667 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Bentonville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bentonville is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #10 of 123 in Arkansas. Household income is its strongest input ($112,792, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bentonville could be anywhere from A− to A.
Who leaves Bentonville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 15,224 residents head out to work and 11,442 work right here.
About 92,000 people are in Bentonville on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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.
Where Bentonville’s workers come from
Where Bentonville clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Bentonville takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bentonville workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24,537 commuters (the 20% 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.
The kinds of work in Bentonville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bentonville, 2013 → 2023: 39,216 → 55,667. 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 Bentonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bentonville
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.
Few in Bentonville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bentonville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #24 of 123 in Arkansas. Both inputs place Bentonville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 30,811 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). 3.8% of Bentonville households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bentonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 44,000 to 85,000, Bentonville ranks 127th of 709 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 125 | Rowlett TX | 67,890 | $112K | 6.1% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 126 | Troy Township IL | 50,168 | $109K | 5.5% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| 127 | Bentonville AR | 63,057 | $113K | 5.2% | 3.1% | 43% | A |
| 128 | Royal Oak MI | 57,583 | $101K | 6.2% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| 129 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 292 | Rogers AR | 76,956 | $87K | 10.5% | 2.5% | 28% | B+ |
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| 529 | Conway AR | 72,328 | $63K | 16.9% | 3.6% | 41% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 628 | North Little Rock AR | 65,120 | $53K | 20.3% | 5.9% | 22% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 709 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | 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 Bentonville, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
18% of Bentonville works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Rogers (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bentonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonville | – | A | B | 19 min | $112,792 |
| Centerton | 1% | A | C− | 24 min | $115,713 |
| Bella Vista | 1% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $88,055 |
| Rogers | 16% | B+ | C+ | 18 min | $86,728 |
| Cave Springs | under 1% | A | C− | 20 min | $146,473 |
| Highfill | under 1% | A | C− | 26 min | $92,596 |
| Little Flock | under 1% | C | B | 18 min | $60,878 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bentonville’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 Bentonville: questions
What is the median household income in Bentonville?
$112,792 (±$6,892) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bentonville?
5.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bentonville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bentonville work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rogers (16%, 5 mi), Springdale (7%, 12 mi), Fayetteville (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bentonville walkable?
Bentonville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bentonville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bentonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bentonville
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.