Arkansas · Census place 0505320

Bentonville, Arkansas

Bentonville is a city in Benton County, Arkansas with an estimated 61,791 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
61,791
#9 of 185 in Arkansas
Change since 2020
+12.7%
+6,972 people
Land area
35.5 sq mi
+ 0.21 sq mi water
Density
1,742 / sq mi
State median 1,001
Orange pin: Bentonville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Little Rock.

Bentonville population, 2020 to 2024

Bentonville added 6,972 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.7%. In the latest year it moved by +2,081. Among 68 Arkansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +2.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arkansas has 11,311 people, so Bentonville is 5.5 times that size.

54.8k202056.9k202158.0k202259.7k202361.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 54,216. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bentonville covers 35.48 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 1,742 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Bentonville is denser than the typical town.

What county Bentonville is in

All of Bentonville's residents live in Benton County, which had 321,566 residents in 2024. Bentonville holds 19.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bentonville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bentonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 72712, 72713. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bentonville is

The Census internal point of Bentonville is at 36.352700, -94.231200. Little Rock, the capital, is 155.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rogers, AR (75,639 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 19.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.352700, -94.231200
DMS
36°21'9.72"N 94°13'52.32"W
UTM
15N 389528.5E 4023772.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86879Q39+3G

Daylight in Bentonville

At 36.35° N, Bentonville gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bentonville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Centerton, 3.7 miles away, with 25,745 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bentonville, AR?

61,791 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,972 (12.7%) from 54,819 in July 2020.

What county is Bentonville in?

Benton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bentonville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 72712, 72713.

How far is Bentonville from Little Rock?

155.6 miles (250.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Bentonville.

What is the nearest larger city to Bentonville?

Rogers, AR, with 75,639 residents, 5.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.