Bella Vista vs Pea Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Bella Vista and Pea Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Bella Vista and Pea Ridge are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bella Vista has the higher population (30,935 vs 7,348 in Pea Ridge). Pea Ridge has the higher median household income ($93,627 vs $85,932 in Bella Vista). Bella Vista has the higher median home value ($262,400 vs $255,600 in Pea Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
Population	30,935	7,348
Median age	51.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,932	$93,627
Median home value	$262,400	$255,600
Median gross rent	$1,316	$1,395
Housing units	14,209	2,817
Homeownership rate	88.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
Population	28,539 → 30,935 (+8.4%)	5,717 → 7,348 (+28.5%)
Median household income	$67,550 → $85,932 (+27.2%)	$63,918 → $93,627 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $262,400 (+56.2%)	$133,400 → $255,600 (+91.6%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,316 (+39.7%)	$1,029 → $1,395 (+35.6%)

Bella Vista

Population

28,53930,935

Median household income

$67,550$85,932

Median home value

$168,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$942$1,316

Pea Ridge

Population

5,7177,348

Median household income

$63,918$93,627

Median home value

$133,400$255,600

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
Under 5	3.7%	10.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.9%	10.8%
75 and over	14.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	1.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	4.8%
Two or more races	8.3%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
Drove alone	72.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	16.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
1-unit, detached	90.9%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bella Vista	Pea Ridge
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1995	1997