Arlington vs Nickerson

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

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

Nickerson has the higher population (1,088 vs 393 in Arlington). Nickerson has the higher median household income ($51,643 vs $48,750 in Arlington). Nickerson has the higher median home value ($66,500 vs $64,300 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Nickerson
Population	393	1,088
Median age	30.0 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$51,643
Median home value	$64,300	$66,500
Median gross rent	$786	$844
Housing units	213	537
Homeownership rate	65.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Nickerson
Population	528 → 393 (-25.6%)	1,015 → 1,088 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $48,750 (+33.8%)	$50,489 → $51,643 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$48,400 → $64,300 (+32.9%)	$68,100 → $66,500 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $786 (+11.6%)	$662 → $844 (+27.5%)

Arlington

Population

528393

Median household income

$36,438$48,750

Median home value

$48,400$64,300

Median gross rent

$704$786

Nickerson

Population

1,0151,088

Median household income

$50,489$51,643

Median home value

$68,100$66,500

Median gross rent

$662$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Nickerson
Under 5	9.4%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	15.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.8%
75 and over	9.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Nickerson
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Nickerson
No high school diploma	13.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Nickerson
Drove alone	83.7%	90.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Nickerson
1-unit, detached	95.3%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Nickerson
Poverty rate	38.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1943	1938