Arlington vs Hawkeye

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

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

Hawkeye has the higher population (521 vs 452 in Arlington). Hawkeye has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $41,250 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $78,900 in Hawkeye).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Hawkeye
Population	452	521
Median age	48.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$62,917
Median home value	$110,900	$78,900
Median gross rent	$525	$708
Housing units	223	212
Homeownership rate	90.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Hawkeye
Population	454 → 452 (-0.4%)	430 → 521 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $41,250 (-13.2%)	$55,250 → $62,917 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $110,900 (+36.7%)	$71,200 → $78,900 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $525 (+25.3%)	$653 → $708 (+8.4%)

Arlington

Population

454452

Median household income

$47,500$41,250

Median home value

$81,100$110,900

Median gross rent

$419$525

Hawkeye

Population

430521

Median household income

$55,250$62,917

Median home value

$71,200$78,900

Median gross rent

$653$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Hawkeye
Under 5	6.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.1%
75 and over	11.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Hawkeye
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Hawkeye
No high school diploma	12.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Hawkeye
Drove alone	75.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	19.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Hawkeye
1-unit, detached	87.4%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Hawkeye
Poverty rate	17.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	41	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938