Arlington vs Mineral

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (181 vs 179 in Mineral). Arlington has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $51,250 in Mineral). Arlington has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $73,900 in Mineral).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Mineral
Population	181	179
Median age	50.3 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$51,250
Median home value	$103,400	$73,900
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,025
Housing units	91	112
Homeownership rate	83.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Mineral
Population	237 → 181 (-23.6%)	228 → 179 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $63,750 (-12.4%)	$37,000 → $51,250 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $103,400 (+19.3%)	$56,700 → $73,900 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,018 (-14.3%)	$800 → $1,025 (+28.1%)

Arlington

Population

237181

Median household income

$72,813$63,750

Median home value

$86,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,018

Mineral

Population

228179

Median household income

$37,000$51,250

Median home value

$56,700$73,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Mineral
Under 5	1.1%	0.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	5.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	24.3%	21.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.3%
75 and over	5.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Mineral
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Mineral
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	31.1%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Mineral
Drove alone	81.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	5.4%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Mineral
1-unit, detached	98.9%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Mineral
Poverty rate	16.0%	21.8%
Average household size	2.32	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1949	1952