City comparison
Bentonville, AR is about 1,100 miles (1,700 km) from Philadelphia, PA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,300 miles, or about 22 hours (about 2 days at 10 h/day) behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Bentonville, AR to Philadelphia, PA takes about 2 h 8 min, covering roughly 1,100 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Bentonville, AR is on Central Time and Philadelphia, PA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Bentonville, it's 1 p.m. in Philadelphia, which puts Bentonville 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Philadelphia has a population of 1,593,208, vs 54,513 in Bentonville — about 29.2× larger by population. By land area, Philadelphia covers about 135 sq mi vs 35 sq mi for Bentonville.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Bentonville | Philadelphia | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,151/mo | $1,250/mo | 8.6% higher in Philadelphia |
| Median home value | $338,500 | $215,500 | 57.1% higher in Bentonville |
| Median household income | $99,074 | $57,537 | 72.2% higher in Bentonville |
| Groceries index | 94.0 | 97.0 | 3.2% higher in Philadelphia |
| Utilities index | 76.9 | 112.3 | 46.1% higher in Philadelphia |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 101.7 | 6.2% higher in Philadelphia |
| Healthcare index | 95.3 | 102.7 | 7.8% higher in Philadelphia |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Bentonville, you'd need $123,171 in Philadelphia to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Bentonville, AR is about 18.8% cheaper overall than Philadelphia, PA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 43% higher in Philadelphia than in Bentonville. If you earn $80,000 in Bentonville, you'd need about $98,537 in Philadelphia to keep the same standard of living.