Arlington vs Waucoma

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (452 vs 330 in Waucoma). Waucoma has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $41,250 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $102,100 in Waucoma).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Waucoma
Population	452	330
Median age	48.9 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$71,250
Median home value	$110,900	$102,100
Median gross rent	$525	$588
Housing units	223	136
Homeownership rate	90.7%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Waucoma
Population	454 → 452 (-0.4%)	223 → 330 (+48.0%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $41,250 (-13.2%)	$49,167 → $71,250 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $110,900 (+36.7%)	$66,300 → $102,100 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $525 (+25.3%)	$448 → $588 (+31.3%)

Arlington

Population

454452

Median household income

$47,500$41,250

Median home value

$81,100$110,900

Median gross rent

$419$525

Waucoma

Population

223330

Median household income

$49,167$71,250

Median home value

$66,300$102,100

Median gross rent

$448$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Waucoma
Under 5	6.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	22.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	5.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.2%
75 and over	11.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Waucoma
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Waucoma
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	48.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Waucoma
Drove alone	75.9%	85.3%
Carpooled	19.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Waucoma
1-unit, detached	87.4%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Waucoma
Poverty rate	17.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	41	18
Median year structure built	1938	1972