Arlington vs New Bedford

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

Arlington and New Bedford 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 48 in New Bedford). Arlington has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $73,800 in New Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	New Bedford
Population	181	48
Median age	50.3 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	—
Median home value	$103,400	$73,800
Median gross rent	$1,018	—
Housing units	91	40
Homeownership rate	83.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	2.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	New Bedford
Population	237 → 181 (-23.6%)	63 → 48 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $63,750 (-12.4%)	$49,375 → $57,500 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $103,400 (+19.3%)	$63,300 → $73,800 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,018 (-14.3%)	—

Arlington

Population

237181

Median household income

$72,813$63,750

Median home value

$86,700$103,400

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,018

New Bedford

Population

6348

Median household income

$49,375$57,500

Median home value

$63,300$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	New Bedford
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	5.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	4.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	24.3%	27.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.6%
75 and over	5.5%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	New Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	97.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	New Bedford
No high school diploma	12.6%	27.9%
High school graduate	31.1%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	9.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	New Bedford
Drove alone	81.9%	89.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	New Bedford
1-unit, detached	98.9%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	New Bedford
Poverty rate	16.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.32	1.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1949	1938