Arlington vs Manlius

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

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

Manlius has the higher population (308 vs 181 in Arlington). Manlius has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $63,750 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $87,800 in Manlius).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Manlius
Population	181	308
Median age	50.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$67,500
Median home value	$103,400	$87,800
Median gross rent	$1,018	$760
Housing units	91	188
Homeownership rate	83.3%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Manlius
Population	237 → 181 (-23.6%)	311 → 308 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $63,750 (-12.4%)	$50,500 → $67,500 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $103,400 (+19.3%)	$76,300 → $87,800 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,018 (-14.3%)	$613 → $760 (+24.0%)

Arlington

Population

237181

Median household income

$72,813$63,750

Median home value

$86,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,018

Manlius

Population

311308

Median household income

$50,500$67,500

Median home value

$76,300$87,800

Median gross rent

$613$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Manlius
Under 5	1.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	20.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	24.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.8%
75 and over	5.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Manlius
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Manlius
No high school diploma	12.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Manlius
Drove alone	81.9%	91.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Manlius
1-unit, detached	98.9%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Manlius
Poverty rate	16.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	31	43
Median year structure built	1949	1947