Arlington vs Elgin

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

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

Elgin has the higher population (848 vs 452 in Arlington). Elgin has the higher median household income ($60,114 vs $41,250 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $87,300 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Elgin
Population	452	848
Median age	48.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$60,114
Median home value	$110,900	$87,300
Median gross rent	$525	$634
Housing units	223	395
Homeownership rate	90.7%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Elgin
Population	454 → 452 (-0.4%)	628 → 848 (+35.0%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $41,250 (-13.2%)	$50,682 → $60,114 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $110,900 (+36.7%)	$79,500 → $87,300 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $525 (+25.3%)	$518 → $634 (+22.4%)

Arlington

Population

454452

Median household income

$47,500$41,250

Median home value

$81,100$110,900

Median gross rent

$419$525

Elgin

Population

628848

Median household income

$50,682$60,114

Median home value

$79,500$87,300

Median gross rent

$518$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Elgin
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	16.3%
75 and over	11.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Elgin
No high school diploma	12.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Elgin
Drove alone	75.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	19.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Elgin
1-unit, detached	87.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Elgin
Poverty rate	17.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	41	23
Median year structure built	1938	1971