Work & commute · Bentonville

Work & commute in Bentonville, AR

43% of Bentonville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rogers (16%), Springdale (7%) and Fayetteville (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

11,442 of 26,666 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,224 Bentonville residents head out of town to work, 11,442 work right here, and 44,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bentonville.

15,224live here, work elsewhere

11,442live and work here

44,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bentonville goes to work

Bentonville (in town)right here

43%11,442

Rogers5 mi away

16%4,377

Springdale11.9 mi away

7%1,900

Fayetteville19.7 mi away

7%1,828

Lowell7.9 mi away

5%1,214

Little Rock154 mi away

2%633

Fort Smith69.7 mi away

2%403

Centerton3.7 mi away

1%273

Bella Vista8.2 mi away

1%258

Siloam Springs20.2 mi away

1%239

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%4,099

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

How far

How far Bentonville commutes

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

68%

19%

13%

68%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bentonville is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bentonville are

55,667 jobs are based in Bentonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bentonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bentonville

55,667 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bentonville residents hold

26,666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+42%

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.

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.