Arlington vs Blue Ridge

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (491 vs 201 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $137,800 in Arlington). Since 2019, Arlington's population has grown faster (+57.4% vs +46.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
Population	491	201
Median age	37.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,241	—
Median home value	$137,800	$160,400
Housing units	213	99
Homeownership rate	95.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	28.3%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
Population	312 → 491 (+57.4%)	137 → 201 (+46.7%)
Median household income	$49,048 → $49,241 (+0.4%)	—
Median home value	$115,600 → $137,800 (+19.2%)	—

Arlington

Population

312491

Median household income

$49,048$49,241

Median home value

$115,600$137,800

Blue Ridge

Population

137201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	8.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	27.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	24.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	36.8%
55 to 64	4.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	4.5%
75 and over	4.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	100.0%
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	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	57.5%	71.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
Drove alone	100.0%	21.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	73.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Blue Ridge
Poverty rate	21.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1938	1943