Work & commute · Bella Vista

Work & commute in Bella Vista, AR

Most working residents leave Bella Vista for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bentonville (33%), Rogers (16%) and Springdale (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

734 of 12,331 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,597 Bella Vista residents head out of town to work, 734 work right here, and 1,870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bella Vista.

11,597live here, work elsewhere

734live and work here

1,870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bella Vista goes to work

Bentonville8.2 mi away

33%4,117

Rogers12.1 mi away

16%1,948

Springdale20 mi away

7%893

Fayetteville27.9 mi away

7%806

Bella Vista (in town)right here

6%734

Lowell15.9 mi away

4%488

Little Rock161.1 mi away

3%383

Fort Smith77.5 mi away

2%220

Gravette6.3 mi away

1%155

Centerton8 mi away

1%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%2,486

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bella Vista commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

35%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bella Vista is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bella Vista are

2,604 jobs are based in Bella Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bella Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bella Vista

2,604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Bella Vista residents hold

12,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+25%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.