Benton County, Arkansas

Benton County has a population of 303,632 and has grown 17.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $323,500, about 3.5 times the county's median household income of $93,506.

Home price
$323,500
Income
$93,506
Population
303,632
Unemployment
3.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$323,500county
Median gross rent$1,277county
Median year homes here were built2001county
Share of homes built before 198017.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,567county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,347county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,115county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,873county
Home insurance / yr$3,733(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89.6(statewide)
Median household income$93,506county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate7.6%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home15.7%county
Unemployment rate3.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force66.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.7%county
Share of workers employed by government7.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.0%county
Economic output per resident$86,045county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.56%county
Top state income tax3.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax1.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.48%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1123106county
Miles to nearest general aviation field0.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station155 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.8%county
Traffic deaths20.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher37.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.5%county
Public schools in the county83county
Public school enrollment52382county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Free lunch eligible37.1%county
Elementary schools46county
Middle schools21county
High schools15county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution8.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians60county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter9.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.6%county
Frequent mental distress17.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population303,632county
Land area in square miles848county
People per square mile of land358.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores51county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store32.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract4.4%county
Population change since 2020+17.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age35.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.8%county
Share of households that are one person22.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States12.7%county
Second languages15.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents132county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents22county
Households that moved in10,772county
Households that moved away8,228county
Average income of arriving households$79,115county
Average income of departing households$76,886county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes51county
Housing units authorised in the latest year6,307county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings36.2%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature59.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.40 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F49 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing69 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days202 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostOct 29county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$117county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh11.9¢county
Household electricity use936 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity45.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas45.9%county
Homes heated by propane6.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.9%county
Households with broadband94.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk90.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk45.7county
Landslide risk87.7county
Hail risk82.3county
Earthquake risk86.8county
Tornado risk79.5county
Tropical cyclone risk52.4county
Extreme heat risk94.7county
Winter weather risk96.2county
Strong wind risk93.3county
Wildfire risk92.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Benton County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arkansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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