City comparison
Bentonville, AR is about 600 miles (950 km) from Pueblo, CO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 750 miles, or about 12 hours 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 Pueblo, CO takes about 1 h 10 min, covering roughly 600 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 Pueblo, CO is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Bentonville, it's 11 a.m. in Pueblo, which puts Bentonville 1 hours ahead.
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.
Pueblo has a population of 111,430, vs 54,513 in Bentonville — about 2.0× larger by population. By land area, Pueblo covers about 57 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 | Pueblo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,151/mo | $940/mo | 22.4% higher in Bentonville |
| Median home value | $338,500 | $197,700 | 71.2% higher in Bentonville |
| Median household income | $99,074 | $52,794 | 87.7% higher in Bentonville |
| Groceries index | 94.0 | 96.8 | 2.9% higher in Pueblo |
| Utilities index | 76.9 | 85.8 | 11.6% higher in Pueblo |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 100.3 | 4.7% higher in Pueblo |
| Healthcare index | 95.3 | 100.2 | 5.2% higher in Pueblo |
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 $99,942 in Pueblo to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Bentonville and Pueblo have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 9% higher in Bentonville than in Pueblo. If you earn $80,000 in Bentonville, you'd need about $79,954 in Pueblo to keep the same standard of living.