People QuickFacts Bella Vista Arkansas Population, 2011 estimate 27,207 2,938,582 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 26,461 2,915,919 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 2.8% 0.8% Population, 2010 26,461 2,915,918 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.5% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 17.9% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 31.5% 14.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.0% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 95.9% 77.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 15.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.0% 0.8% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.3% 2.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.6% 6.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 94.0% 74.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.7% 82.4% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.1% 4.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.7% 6.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 95.1% 82.7% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 35.3% 19.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,826 245,969 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.6 21.2  Housing units, 2010 13,241 1,316,299 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 88.7% 67.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.8% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $158,700 $105,100 Households, 2007-2011 10,917 1,121,386 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.33 2.51 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $32,703 $21,833 Median household income, 2007-2011 $61,266 $40,149 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 4.2% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Bella Vista Arkansas Total number of firms, 2007 2,190 238,994 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.1% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.3% 24.5%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 60,735,582 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,915 29,659,789 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 66,941 32,974,282 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $2,908 $11,602 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,553 3,559,795     Geography QuickFacts Bella Vista Arkansas Land area in square miles, 2010 44.26 52,035.48 Persons per square mile, 2010 597.8 56.0 FIPS Code 04840 05 Counties Benton County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts