Arlington vs Oelwein

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

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

Oelwein has the higher population (5,878 vs 452 in Arlington). Oelwein has the higher median household income ($49,821 vs $41,250 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $96,800 in Oelwein).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Oelwein
Population	452	5,878
Median age	48.9 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$49,821
Median home value	$110,900	$96,800
Median gross rent	$525	$762
Housing units	223	2,911
Homeownership rate	90.7%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Oelwein
Population	454 → 452 (-0.4%)	5,979 → 5,878 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $41,250 (-13.2%)	$41,849 → $49,821 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $110,900 (+36.7%)	$82,200 → $96,800 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $525 (+25.3%)	$650 → $762 (+17.2%)

Arlington

Population

454452

Median household income

$47,500$41,250

Median home value

$81,100$110,900

Median gross rent

$419$525

Oelwein

Population

5,9795,878

Median household income

$41,849$49,821

Median home value

$82,200$96,800

Median gross rent

$650$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Oelwein
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.6%
75 and over	11.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Oelwein
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Oelwein
No high school diploma	12.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	48.3%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Oelwein
Drove alone	75.9%	80.9%
Carpooled	19.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Oelwein
1-unit, detached	87.4%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Oelwein
Poverty rate	17.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	41	21
Median year structure built	1938	1949