Bentonville : Arkansas

What Bentonville is like for active adults

Bentonville is world famous as the headquarters' town for retailing giant Walmart. Not only do the company's employees impact the town, but many of its suppliers have also moved their headquarters here to be near the center of the action. This area of Arkansas has great beauty and recreational resources.

The presence of so many talented people makes Bentonville a very dynamic place - its population grew over 60% from 2000 to 2007 (to 33,000). Average home prices in early 2009 were about $141,000 according to Zillow.com, and $160,000 per city-data.com. Both of those figures are considerably higher than the rest of Arkansas. Bentonville is a short hop to one of America's largest retirement communities, Bella Vista. See link to right for "Bella Vista Active Adult Communities".

It is a fairly safe assumption that many of the career people recruited to this area will decide to remain here in retirement, so look for many active adult communities to be built here in the future.

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What is special about this retirement community

Being the headquarters for Walmart has benefitted this town in many ways. One of them - Bentonville soon will be the home of Crystal Bridges, a $50-million museum scheduled to open in early 2011. Bentonville was selected by Newsmax as one the Most Uniquely American Cities and Towns.

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What is not special about this retirement community

If you don't like Walmart, you probably won't like living in Bentonville.

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What kinds of people like retiring here

Presumably a lot of Walmart executives and their suppliers will retire here. Bentonville is a cosmopolitan town compared to most of Arkansas.

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Local economy is driven by

Walmart, Walmart, and Walmart. That extends to Walmart suppliers, many of whom have located here for better access to the world's largest retailer.

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Climate and Physical Environment

Bentonville is located in northwest Arkansas, just south of Missouri and east of Oklahoma. There are a number of lakes in the area.

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Cultural environment

Crystal Bridges is a $50-million museum scheduled to open in early 2011. Bentonville and surrounding area has many major attractions dedicated to historic preservation and conservation, including Compton Gardens and the Civil War-era Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens.

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Medical facilities

Bates Medical Center is in Bentonville, other hospitals are in nearby towns like Rogers.

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Transportation

Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, about 10 miles, provides air service.

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Valuable Links

Bentonville City-Data page
Arkansas guide to retirement communities

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Facts about BENTONVILLE

State: AR
Environment: Small Town,
City Population: 25,001-50,000
Median age of Population: 25-44
Avg Jan Temperature: 21-40
Median HH Income: 41,001-60,000
Average Home Price (MLS): $100,000-$200,000
Annual Property Tax on a $200,000 house: NA
Total Crime Index: 101-110 (slightly above average)
Cost of Living Index: 81-90 (low)
Culture Index: 81-90 (low)
State Sales Tax: Yes
State Income Tax: Yes
Name of the Guide: boomer

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