Arlington vs Bureau Junction

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

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

Bureau Junction has the higher population (279 vs 181 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,063 in Bureau Junction). Arlington has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $53,700 in Bureau Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
Population	181	279
Median age	50.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$54,063
Median home value	$103,400	$53,700
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,821
Housing units	91	142
Homeownership rate	83.3%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
Population	237 → 181 (-23.6%)	240 → 279 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $63,750 (-12.4%)	$53,750 → $54,063 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $103,400 (+19.3%)	$48,500 → $53,700 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,018 (-14.3%)	$681 → $1,821 (+167.4%)

Arlington

Population

237181

Median household income

$72,813$63,750

Median home value

$86,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,018

Bureau Junction

Population

240279

Median household income

$53,750$54,063

Median home value

$48,500$53,700

Median gross rent

$681$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
Under 5	1.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	19.0%
55 to 64	24.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.8%
75 and over	5.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	75.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
No high school diploma	12.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	31.1%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
Drove alone	81.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
1-unit, detached	98.9%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Bureau Junction
Poverty rate	16.0%	25.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1949	1951