84th pct · 488th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
100th pct · 1st of 74 Arkansas counties · median $169,663
Home value, one year
+2.2%
as of August 2026
41st pct · 1,800th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
34th pct · 49th of 74 Arkansas counties · median +3.0%
Typical rent
$1,611
as of August 2026
59th pct · 571st of 1,399 US counties · median $1,496
100th pct · 1st of 22 Arkansas counties · median $1,127
Jobs
151,933
as of 2026 Q1-01
93rd pct · 214th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
98th pct · 2nd of 75 Arkansas counties · median 5,609
Average weekly wage
$2,489
as of 2026 Q1-01
99th pct · 18th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
100th pct · 1st of 75 Arkansas counties · median $912
Years of wages per home
3.0
19th pct · 2,467th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
31st pct · 51st of 74 Arkansas counties · median 3.6
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Typical home $385,753 (Aug 2026), +2.2% over one year, +38.0% over five
84th pct · 488th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
100th pct · 1st of 74 Arkansas counties · median $169,663
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Item
Value
Distance
Benton County, AR
$385,753 · +2.2% 1-yr
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Principal and interest of $2,111 a month on $385,753 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $10,786 a month: 19.6% of one job’s pay.
payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $385,753 × 80% = $308,602, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,111/mo principal and interest
wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $2,489 × 52 / 12 = $10,786) = 20% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
years of wages = $385,753 / ($2,489 × 52) = 3.0
price-to-rent = $385,753 / ($1,611 × 12) = 20.0
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
151,933 jobs at 9,448 employers (2026 Q1); +1.9% jobs and +8.9% average weekly wage over the year
93rd pct · 214th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
98th pct · 2nd of 75 Arkansas counties · median 5,609
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Item
Value
Distance
Benton County, AR
151,933 jobs · $2,489/wk · +1.9% YoY
BLS QCEW, all ownerships, third month of the quarter. A location quotient of 1.00 means this county has the national share of its jobs in that sector; 2.00 means twice it. A withheld row is a BLS disclosure code N: the cell is absent, not zero.
NAICS sector
Jobs
Avg weekly wage
Location quotient
Jobs over the year
Accommodation and food services
15,300
$475
1.12
+6.6%
Retail trade
14,570
$755
0.98
+4.3%
Health care and social assistance
14,551
$1,097
0.64
+1.1%
Manufacturing
12,984
$1,172
1.06
+0.1%
Transportation and warehousing
11,006
$1,597
1.72
-1.0%
Professional and technical services
9,951
$2,035
0.95
-3.2%
Construction
9,270
$1,321
1.16
+0.0%
Wholesale trade
6,902
$2,711
1.19
+0.0%
Other services
3,510
$981
0.77
+0.0%
Finance and insurance
3,045
$2,259
0.49
+1.7%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
2,219
$638
0.89
+6.9%
Educational services
2,156
$702
0.66
+8.9%
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
4 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 4, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Site
Reading
Distance
Lake Eucha near Eucha, OK
58,650 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
61 km
Spavinaw Lake at Spavinaw, OK
25,890 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
71 km
Lake O' the Cherokees at Langley, OK
1,311,000 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
71 km
Lake Hudson near Locust Grove, OK
211,100 Acre-ft (USGS, no capacity on file)
84 km
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
72 gauges · 0 flooding · 15 with quality panels averaging 98 % · 20 stale
Sites found: 72, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Site
Reading
Distance
Osage Creek near Cave Springs, AR
flow 24.4 ft³/s · quality 100 % (3)
7 km
Spring Creek at Hwy 112 nr Springdale, AR
turb. 6.60 FNU · quality 100 % (2) · STALE
11 km
Osage Creek near Elm Springs, AR
flow 99.0 ft³/s
13 km
Prairie Creek northeast of Rogers
flow 6.40 ft³/s · STALE
15 km
Flint Creek at Springtown, AR
flow 3.02 ft³/s
18 km
Columbia Hollow Ck nr Decatur, AR
flow 7.27 ft³/s
22 km
Mud Creek near Johnson, AR
flow 3.75 ft³/s · quality 100 % (3)
26 km
Langle Spring at U of A Exp Farm near Savoy
flow 0.45 ft³/s · STALE
26 km
Copperhead Spring at U of A Exp Farm near Savoy
flow 0.89 ft³/s · STALE
26 km
Spavinaw Creek near Maysville, AR
flow 21.1 ft³/s
26 km
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
24 wells in 1 named aquifer: Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
Sites found: 24, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Site
Reading
Distance
Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
depth 76.2 ft · 2026-10-01
15 km
Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
depth 276.2 ft · 2026-10-01
30 km
Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
depth 333.7 ft · 2026-10-01
31 km
USGS-363721094173801
depth 8.63 ft · 2016-10-03
32 km
USGS-363334094395301
depth 18.4 ft · 2000-02-24
42 km
Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
depth 196.0 ft · 2026-10-01
43 km
USGS-361415094452501
depth 30.8 ft · 1995-09-30
46 km
Ozark Plateaus aquifer system
depth 323.2 ft · 2026-10-01
51 km
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
$10.7 bn in deposits at 107 offices of 34 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,885, highly concentrated. $1.6 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.5 bn, grants $161.9 m), $10,656 per covered job
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Item
Value
Distance
Arvest Bank
$5.6 bn · 52.3% share · 25 offices
Bank OZK
$575.1 m · 5.4% share · 8 offices
Generations Bank
$543.0 m · 5.1% share · 4 offices
Benton, AR
$1.6 bn FY2026 · $10,656/job
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS
$1.4 bn · top recipient FY2026
FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 2026. These are institution offices, not people: the row is a bank's presence in the county.
Institution
Deposits
Share
Offices
Arvest Bank
$5,604,959,000
52.3%
25
Bank OZK
$575,083,000
5.4%
8
Generations Bank
$543,012,000
5.1%
4
Grand Savings Bank
$461,246,000
4.3%
8
First Western Bank
$391,552,000
3.7%
5
Bank of America, National Association
$372,147,000
3.5%
2
Legacy Bank
$358,599,000
3.3%
5
Signature Bank of Arkansas
$333,363,000
3.1%
3
First Security Bank
$295,235,000
2.8%
7
The First National Bank of Fort Smith
$229,156,000
2.1%
4
Deposit concentration is 2,885 across 34 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 34 banks with deposits in the county = 52.3² + 5.4² + 5.1² + … (31 more) = 2,885
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
USAspending, FY2026, place of performance in this county.
Awarding agency
Obligations
Social Security Administration
$1,232,278,713
Department of Veterans Affairs
$195,710,746
Department of Transportation
$157,001,635
Department of Education
$18,601,366
Department of Defense
$10,201,926
Department of Agriculture
$8,063,113
Railroad Retirement Board
$7,966,003
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$2,758,397
Federal Communications Commission
$2,236,374
National Science Foundation
$199,637
Department of the Interior
$83,779
General Services Administration
$6,440
That is $10,656 per covered job, against 151,933 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.6 bn / 151,933 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $10,656
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
currentretrieved 2026-10-03The company snapshot is a committed fixture, not a pull.
1 public company files with the SEC from a business address here (Walmart Inc.). These rows are a committed fixture, not a pull: the snapshot has never been refreshed, so every financial fact is null and the list is not a complete census of filers in this county. The county's jobs mix maps to 7 GICS sectors, led by Industrials.
Public filers whose registered business address with the SEC falls in this county, from a committed snapshot of EDGAR's company_tickers_exchange file. A position is the centroid of the address's ZIP code (Census ZCTA) or, where the snapshot says so, of its city: it is not a building. Legal entities only - no officer, insider or shareholder data is read, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 are excluded everywhere. Sector exposure is the county's BLS QCEW jobs mix bridged to GICS sectors by a convention documented in lib/companies/sectors.ts; a jobs mix is not a portfolio.
Item
Value
Distance
Walmart Inc.
WMT · NYSE · Consumer Staples · Bentonville, AR 72716
This is a committed fixture, not a pull: 1 filers are named and their financial facts are empty until the snapshot is refreshed. An absent company is not evidence that none is headquartered here.
Public filers whose registered business address with the SEC falls in this county, from a committed snapshot of EDGAR's company_tickers_exchange file. A position is the centroid of the address's ZIP code (Census ZCTA) or, where the snapshot says so, of its city: it is not a building. Legal entities only - no officer, insider or shareholder data is read, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 are excluded everywhere. Sector exposure is the county's BLS QCEW jobs mix bridged to GICS sectors by a convention documented in lib/companies/sectors.ts; a jobs mix is not a portfolio.
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
The national indicator set, unfiltered by place.
Series
Latest
As of
Change
Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft
not published
not published
Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft
not published
not published
Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft
15.28
2026-10-01
-7.4%
Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft
not published
not published
Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s
5,170.00
2026-02-05
-25.3%
Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · %
71.90
2026-10-02
+0.6%
Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks
258,700.00
2026-08-01
-0.4%
Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU
10,513,167.00
2023-01-01
-13.5%
Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships
6.00
2026-09-22
-14.3%
Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box
6,830.00
2026-08-01
+7.4%
US diesel retail price · $ per gallon
unavailable
not published
WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel
96.16
2026-09-29
-3.2%
30-year fixed mortgage rate · %
7.28
2026-10-01
+3.6%
Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units
1,275.00
2026-08-01
-2.6%
Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units
1,403.00
2026-08-01
-2.1%
Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100
337.31
2026-07-01
+0.1%
Unemployment rate · %
4.20
2026-09-01
+2.4%
US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions
-88,576.00
2026-07-01
-24.4%
Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions
646,347.00
2026-08-01
+1.1%
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
Benton County, AR: 12 findings, 1 at a watch level and 11 noted
watchBenton County, AR's typical asking rent of $1,611 scores 59 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 100 across Arkansas counties, a gap of 41 points.
Period 2026-08.
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41 = |59 across US counties - 100 across Arkansas counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteBenton County, AR's average weekly wage was 8.9% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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+8.9 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteBenton County, AR's covered employment was 1.9% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.
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+1.9 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteBenton County, AR's typical home value of $385,753 ranks 1st of 74 Arkansas counties, against a median of $169,663.
Period 2026-08.
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100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 74 Arkansas counties that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteBenton County, AR's average weekly wage of $2,489 ranks 1st of 75 Arkansas counties, against a median of $912.
Period 2026 Q1.
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100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 75 Arkansas counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level