Community is key! Gravette strives to be known in Northwest Arkansas as a place that is uniquely independent and exceptionally family friendly. Through master planning initiatives, creative partnerships, and professional management of resources, Gravette seeks to be a model community.
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Gravette is a City of the First Class with an estimated population of over 4,000 and a land mass of nearly 14-square miles. Gravette is located in the northwest corner of Benton County. Gravette is conveniently located within 15 minutes of most major cities and employers in Northwest Arkansas.
ECONOMIC DASHBOARD
POPULATION
Place
Gravette
Benton County
Arkansas
2020 estimated population
Change since 2015
3,547
284,333
3,011,524
10.3%
19.4%
1.8%
2020-2015 Census ACS & 2020 Decennial Census Data
GRAVETTE: POPULATION CHANGE
GRAVETTE: AGE DISTRIBUTION
2020Census ACS Data
GRAVETTE: POPULATION WITHIN DRIVE-TIME
15 minutes
30 minutes
60 minutes
Total Population
13,302
223,418
756,642
Total Households
4,845
84,092
285,184
11,545
244,582
770,237
Daytime Population
15 minute drive
30 minute drive
60 minute drive
2022 Esri data
HOUSING
LOCAL HOUSING DATA
6,298 housing units within a 15 minute drive
99,053 housing units within a 30 minute drive
326,057 housing units within a 60 minute drive
60.2% of homes owner-occupied in Gravette
39.8% of homes renter-occupied in Gravette
1,596 housing units in Gravette
2022 Esri data; 2020 Census ACS data
MEDIAN HOME VALUES
2020 Census ACS data
EDUCATION
GRAVETTE: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
2020Census ACS data
PROXIMITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Crowder College
NE Tech - Afton Campus
NE Tech - Kansas Campus
Western Benton Co. Career Center
John Brown University
NW Arkansas Community College
Bryan University
Harding University
Ecclesia College
Northwest Technical Institute
University of Arkansas
Within a 30 minute drive from Gravette
Within a 60 minute drive from Gravette
BUSINESS & LABOR
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE (OLDER THAN AGE 16)
2019-2015 Census ACS data
EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION
Production, transportation, material moving
Natural resources, construction, maintenance
Management, business, science, arts
Sales, office
Service
2020 Census ACS data
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Gravette
Benton County
Arkansas
United States
2.2%
2.6%
5.2%
5.4%
2.3%
4.1%
2.4%
2.7%
5.3%
5.9%
5.1%
5.5%
2020
2019
2018
2020
2019
2018
2020
2019
2018
2020
2019
2018
2020-2018 Census ACS data
TRANSPORTATION
DRIVE TIME TO WORK FROM GRAVETTE
35-44
minutes
45-59 minutes
<10 minutes
60+ minutes
15-19 minutes
30-34 minutes
25-29 minutes
30-34 minutes
10-14 minutes
20-24 minutes
2020 Census ACS data
PROXIMITY TO HIGHWAYS
G
H
Highway 59
Highway 72
Highway 279
Highway 549/Interstate 49
G
H
Downtown Gravette
Downtown Hiwasse area of Gravette
INCOME AND SPENDING
GRAVETTE: MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
2020-2015 Census ACS data
COST OF LIVING INDEX COMPARISON
INCLUDES GRAVETTE
LIVING WAGE COMPARISON (2019)
