Arlington vs Westgate

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

Arlington and Westgate 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 211 in Westgate). Westgate has the higher median household income ($52,188 vs $41,250 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $92,500 in Westgate).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Westgate
Population	452	211
Median age	48.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$52,188
Median home value	$110,900	$92,500
Median gross rent	$525	$925
Housing units	223	100
Homeownership rate	90.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Westgate
Population	454 → 452 (-0.4%)	224 → 211 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $41,250 (-13.2%)	$50,833 → $52,188 (+2.7%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $110,900 (+36.7%)	$67,500 → $92,500 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $525 (+25.3%)	$600 → $925 (+54.2%)

Arlington

Population

454452

Median household income

$47,500$41,250

Median home value

$81,100$110,900

Median gross rent

$419$525

Westgate

Population

224211

Median household income

$50,833$52,188

Median home value

$67,500$92,500

Median gross rent

$600$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Westgate
Under 5	6.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	22.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	19.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.8%
75 and over	11.5%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Westgate
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.5%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Westgate
No high school diploma	12.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	48.3%	65.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Westgate
Drove alone	75.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	19.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Westgate
1-unit, detached	87.4%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Westgate
Poverty rate	17.9%	26.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1938	1942