Arlington vs Fayette

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

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

Fayette has the higher population (1,242 vs 452 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $39,297 in Fayette). Fayette has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $110,900 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Fayette
Population	452	1,242
Median age	48.9 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$39,297
Median home value	$110,900	$123,300
Median gross rent	$525	$963
Housing units	223	542
Homeownership rate	90.7%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Fayette
Population	454 → 452 (-0.4%)	1,113 → 1,242 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $41,250 (-13.2%)	$35,813 → $39,297 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $110,900 (+36.7%)	$86,100 → $123,300 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $525 (+25.3%)	$651 → $963 (+47.9%)

Arlington

Population

454452

Median household income

$47,500$41,250

Median home value

$81,100$110,900

Median gross rent

$419$525

Fayette

Population

1,1131,242

Median household income

$35,813$39,297

Median home value

$86,100$123,300

Median gross rent

$651$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Fayette
Under 5	6.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	8.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	35.9%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	8.8%
75 and over	11.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Fayette
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	0.7%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Fayette
No high school diploma	12.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	48.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Fayette
Drove alone	75.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	19.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.1%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Fayette
1-unit, detached	87.4%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Fayette
Poverty rate	17.9%	25.1%
Average household size	2.11	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	41	15
Median year structure built	1938	1945