City comparison
Bentonville, AR is about 1,100 miles (1,700 km) from Scranton, 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 Scranton, PA takes about 2 h 7 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 Scranton, PA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Bentonville, it's 1 p.m. in Scranton, 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.
Scranton has a population of 76,119, vs 54,513 in Bentonville — about 1.4× larger by population. By land area, Bentonville covers about 35 sq mi vs 25 sq mi for Scranton.
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 | Scranton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,151/mo | $933/mo | 23.4% higher in Bentonville |
| Median home value | $338,500 | $125,700 | 169.3% higher in Bentonville |
| Median household income | $99,074 | $48,776 | 103.1% higher in Bentonville |
| Groceries index | 94.0 | 100.7 | 7.1% higher in Scranton |
| Utilities index | 76.9 | 105.9 | 37.7% higher in Scranton |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 97.6 | 1.9% higher in Scranton |
| Healthcare index | 95.3 | 98.3 | 3.3% higher in Scranton |
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 $99,954 in Scranton to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Bentonville and Scranton have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 16% higher in Bentonville than in Scranton. If you earn $80,000 in Bentonville, you'd need about $79,963 in Scranton to keep the same standard of living.