BentonvilleversusStillwater

Stillwater is the better cash-flow fit than Bentonville on the available city-level screen: Stillwater’s Zillow gross yield is 6.259276440168333%, compared with Bentonville’s 3.959462622029291%. Stillwater also pairs a $1,418.42333105491 Zillow rent index with a $271,933.66733937006 Zillow home-value index, versus $1,639.5312770921012 and $496,895.0891376711 in Bentonville. This is a preliminary comparison only: gross yield excludes vacancy, management, repairs, taxes, insurance, utilities, financing and capital work. Underwrite address-specific income and expenses next.

Stillwater fits entry affordability better for investors targeting lower nominal acquisition exposure: its Zillow city home-value index is $271,933.66733937006, below Bentonville’s $496,895.0891376711. The qualification lens points the other way: Stillwater’s price-to-income measure is 6.222738383051946 and Bentonville’s is 4.405410748436689. Thus, Bentonville may better suit households supported by local income, while Stillwater warrants a property-level debt-service and down-payment check rather than an assumption that a lower index equals easier ownership.

Renter pressure depends on whether the target is demand depth or rental stress. Stillwater has a 62.89813778365727% renter share and 60.28671388343715% rent-burden rate, above Bentonville’s 49.55066625348621% and 27.63805104408353%, respectively. Yet Stillwater’s 12.074441909363397% vacancy rate exceeds Bentonville’s 9.343018822490669%. Stillwater may offer a more renter-heavy pool, but its vacancy signal calls for current competing listings, concessions, tenant incomes and lease-up evidence; Bentonville needs the same address-level check.

Bentonville better fits a strategy seeking newer, single-family-oriented stock. Bentonville’s median year built is 2007 and its single-family share is 66.80980856443393%, compared with 1984 and 56.33695700800787% in Stillwater. Stillwater has a 13.582069520869683% large-multifamily share versus 8.159088172733475% in Bentonville, which may suit an apartment-focused mandate. Confirm construction quality, deferred maintenance, unit configuration and zoning at the property; city shares do not determine an individual asset’s condition.

Bentonville is the stronger local-demand fit in these city records. Its population change is 17.753249641174929% across overlapping ACS vintages, compared with -1.367312620115313% for Stillwater; this comparison is not annualized. Bentonville also records 3.1425364758698095% unemployment and 5.207296849087894% poverty, versus 6.443951868271057% and 27.36419508326715% in Stillwater. Verify the demand source for the submarket—employer concentration, campus exposure, household formation and near-term supply are not published in these records.