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Bentonville, AR
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Bentonville profile


Living in Bentonville



Bentonville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 57,868 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Bentonville is the ninth largest community in Arkansas. Bentonville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Bentonville, where the median household income is $99,074.00.

Bentonville real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Bentonville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Bentonville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.48% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Bentonville, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Bentonville is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Bentonville a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bentonville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bentonville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 51.93% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Bentonville in 2018 was $51,917, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $207,668 for a family of four. However, Bentonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bentonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bentonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bentonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bentonville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.01% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bentonville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

In addition, Bentonville has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.45%).

The most common language spoken in Bentonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.