Bentonville vs Siloam Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bentonville and Siloam Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bentonville and Siloam Springs are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bentonville has the higher population (56,326 vs 18,096 in Siloam Springs). Bentonville has the higher median household income ($108,465 vs $65,725 in Siloam Springs). Bentonville has the higher median home value ($370,700 vs $205,000 in Siloam Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
Population	56,326	18,096
Median age	31.9 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,465	$65,725
Median home value	$370,700	$205,000
Median gross rent	$1,238	$941
Housing units	23,813	6,763
Homeownership rate	50.4%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
Population	49,467 → 56,326 (+13.9%)	16,715 → 18,096 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$80,392 → $108,465 (+34.9%)	$47,016 → $65,725 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $370,700 (+59.4%)	$135,500 → $205,000 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,238 (+29.6%)	$743 → $941 (+26.6%)

Bentonville

Population

49,46756,326

Median household income

$80,392$108,465

Median home value

$232,600$370,700

Median gross rent

$955$1,238

Siloam Springs

Population

16,71518,096

Median household income

$47,016$65,725

Median home value

$135,500$205,000

Median gross rent

$743$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
Under 5	7.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	13.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	18.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	5.9%
75 and over	2.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	51.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	3.4%
Asian	12.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.6%	18.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
No high school diploma	4.7%	16.4%
High school graduate	18.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
Drove alone	69.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	19.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
1-unit, detached	62.1%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Bentonville	Siloam Springs
Poverty rate	6.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	2006	1993