Bentonville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 19,752 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Bentonville is the 20th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bentonville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bentonville is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bentonville who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.30%), sales jobs (12.67%), and management occupations (10.49%).

Also of interest is that Bentonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.09 minutes getting to work every day.

Residents of Bentonville by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 96.8% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Bentonville may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Bentonville Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Bentonville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 26.13% of adults in Bentonville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bentonville in 2000 was $20,831, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,324 for a family of four.

The people who call Bentonville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bentonville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bentonville include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Bentonville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.