† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBentonvilleArkansasUnited States
German11.6%9.2%12.5%
English11.3%12.3%9.5%
Irish8.5%8.9%9.4%
American4.6%7.5%5.3%
Italian2.1%1.4%4.8%
Scottish2.1%1.8%1.3%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Polish1.0%—2.2%
Asian Indian7.4%0.4%1.4%
Vietnamese1.4%0.2%0.6%
Chinese0.9%—1.3%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Hmong0.6%——
Laotian0.6%——
Mexican6.6%6.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.7%0.9%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.2%0.3%
African American†2.6%13.5%9.9%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.4%——
Marshallese0.9%0.3%—
Aztec0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bentonville
Arkansas
United States
Median age
32.5
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.3%
17.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bentonville
Arkansas
United States
Median household income
$112,792
$60,773
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.2%
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
55.3%
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bentonville
Arkansas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.6%
8.3%
22.3%
Spanish
6.7%
6.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.9%
0.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
5.1%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bentonville
Arkansas
United States
Catholic
—
5.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
38.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
42.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bentonville, Arkansas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−37.4%
2008
−36.1%
2012
−36.9%
2016
−22.9%
2020
−9.3%
2024
−7.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.9%Harris9,889
52.0%Trump11,460
3.1%
R+7.1
D+2.2
R+5.7
22,028
R
43.7%Biden9,403
53.0%Trump11,409
3.3%
R+9.3
D+13.6
R+13.8
21,517
R
33.6%Clinton5,830
56.5%Trump9,806
9.9%
R+22.9
D+14.0
R+25.0
17,360
R
30.3%Obama4,055
67.2%Romney8,995
2.5%
R+36.9
R+0.8
R+40.8
13,384
R
30.8%Obama3,698
67.0%McCain8,035
2.2%
R+36.1
D+1.3
R+43.4
11,999
R
30.5%Kerry3,286
67.9%Bush7,325
1.7%
R+37.4
—
R+35.0
10,790
Bentonville's explosive growth—driven by Walmart supplier relocations and a booming tech workforce—has shifted its electorate toward a more educated, higher-income profile, making it a closely watched bellwether within reliably Republican Benton County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 37.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.1 points.
A population of 58,249, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $112,792 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sugar Hill and Mansfield.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bentonville, Arkansas voted Republican by 7.1 points (R+7.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,028 votes cast, 9,889 went Democratic and 11,460 went Republican.
How many people live in Bentonville, Arkansas?
Bentonville, Arkansas has a population of 58,249 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bentonville, Arkansas?
Median household income in Bentonville, Arkansas is $112,792 — above the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Bentonville, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bentonville, Arkansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
