Benton, AR: Marketing for Dental & Medical Practices
What the public data says about Benton, and the first steps we would take for a practice there as a result.
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Local healthcare landscape in Benton
Saline Memorial Hospital's site lists the hospital at 1 Medical Park Dr in Benton, with services that include an Emergency Room, Labor and Delivery, Orthopedic Care, a Rehabilitation Center and a Sleep Center. Its Wound Healing Center is at 3 Medical Park Dr, and the Sleep Center is at 1200 N. Main. The city's community links page lists Saline Memorial Hospital and Baptist Health under health facilities. Benton's Historic District Commission page posts Downtown Benton design guidelines for the Historic District, where projects are reviewed by the commission for a Certificate of Appropriateness before permits are issued. The Benton Planning Study report hosted on the city's site names the subdivisions Heritage Farms, Coldwater Creek and Longhills Village for their sidewalk networks, and also names Hurricane Lake Estates as an area of construction.
Neighborhoods and areas
- Downtown Benton
- Heritage Farms
- Coldwater Creek
- Longhills Village
- Hurricane Lake Estates
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Benton at a glance
Furthest from the US: share of residents who speak Spanish at home (5.4% against 13.6%), then share with a bachelor's degree or higher (28.3% against 35.7%).
- Residents, July 2025 estimate38,898Up 11.1% from the April 2020 base of 35,026
- Median household income$72,876Above Arkansas ($60,773), below the US ($80,734)
- Median age38.1Close to both Arkansas (38.5) and the US (38.9)
- Residents 65 and older16.1%Below both Arkansas (17.6%) and the US (17.2%)
- Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)28.3%Above Arkansas (25.7%), well below the US (35.7%)
- Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)5.4%Below Arkansas (6.1%), well below the US (13.6%)
Beside Little Rock, 16 miles away, Benton differs most on the share who speak Spanish at home: 5.4% against 9.0%; next comes the share with a bachelor's degree or higher (28.3% against 44.6%).
Who practices in Benton
NPI-registered providers with a practice address in Benton, by primary specialty (people, not offices). Per resident, Benton is furthest above the US among physical therapists (1.0 times the US rate) and lowest among plastic surgeons (none registered).
| Specialty | In Benton | Residents per provider | US | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 14 | 1 per 2,778 | 1 per 1,340 | Well below |
| Chiropractors | 6 | 1 per 6,483 | 1 per 3,311 | Well below |
| Dermatologists | 1 | 1 per 38,898 | 1 per 17,857 | Well below |
| Physical therapists | 34 | 1 per 1,144 | 1 per 1,181 | Above |
| Optometrists | 6 | 1 per 6,483 | 1 per 5,291 | Below |
| Podiatrists | 1 | 1 per 38,898 | 1 per 14,706 | Well below |
| Plastic surgeons | 0 | – | 1 per 58,824 | Well below |
Private-sector health care employers in Saline County, 2024
Annual averages for 2024, county-wide. 14.3% of these establishments are offices of dentists, well below the US share of 18.5%.
- Ambulatory health care establishments203Average employment 1,531
- Offices of physicians74
- Offices of dentists29
- Offices of other health practitioners73
What we'd prioritize for a Benton practice
Chosen by fixed rules from the figures above.
Room to stand out for plastic surgeons
None of the NPI-registered plastic surgeons list a practice address in Benton; nationally there is one for every 58,824 residents. That leaves fewer local competitors for a plastic surgeon in search; see our marketing for plastic surgeons.
Make the practice easy to find for new residents
Between April 2020 and July 2025, Benton added 3,872 residents (+11.1%). With that many new residents, we would start with maps and directory listings.
Get into local search early
Counting all seven provider groups on this page, Benton has 15.9 NPI-registered providers per 10,000 residents; the US has 22.3. The thinnest group is plastic surgeons, with none registered. With fewer competitors to outrank, local SEO comes first.
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Sources
- Census Bureau population estimates, July 1, 2025 estimates; April 1, 2020 estimates base
- Census Gazetteer files, 2025
- American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024 5-year
- CMS NPI Registry, live registry as of 2026-11-01
- Census ZIP code relationship files, 2020
- 2020 Census block populations, April 1, 2020
- BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (private sector), 2024 annual averages
Provider counts use each NPI record’s practice ZIP code, split between places by where the ZIP’s 2020 census residents live.
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