Arlington vs Edison

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and Edison: population, income, housing, and more.

Arlington and Edison are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edison has the higher population (1,330 vs 1,083 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($46,571 vs $27,440 in Edison). Arlington has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $66,500 in Edison).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Edison
Population	1,083	1,330
Median age	41.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,571	$27,440
Median home value	$122,700	$66,500
Median gross rent	$750	$437
Housing units	624	502
Homeownership rate	55.4%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Edison
Population	1,405 → 1,083 (-22.9%)	1,327 → 1,330 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$33,025 → $46,571 (+41.0%)	$22,800 → $27,440 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$43,000 → $122,700 (+185.3%)	$45,300 → $66,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$447 → $750 (+67.8%)	$432 → $437 (+1.2%)

Arlington

Population

1,4051,083

Median household income

$33,025$46,571

Median home value

$43,000$122,700

Median gross rent

$447$750

Edison

Population

1,3271,330

Median household income

$22,800$27,440

Median home value

$45,300$66,500

Median gross rent

$432$437

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Edison
Under 5	4.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	5.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	19.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.1%
75 and over	11.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Edison
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	24.9%
Black or African American	73.5%	71.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Edison
No high school diploma	18.7%	24.7%
High school graduate	40.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Edison
Drove alone	61.5%	93.6%
Carpooled	18.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Edison
1-unit, detached	60.6%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Edison
Poverty rate	28.0%	36.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1978	1960