Arlington vs The Highlands

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

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

The Highlands has the higher population (474 vs 393 in Arlington). The Highlands has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $48,750 in Arlington). The Highlands has the higher median home value ($263,500 vs $64,300 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	The Highlands
Population	393	474
Median age	30.0 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$83,229
Median home value	$64,300	$263,500
Median gross rent	$786	—
Housing units	213	253
Homeownership rate	65.2%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	The Highlands
Population	528 → 393 (-25.6%)	380 → 474 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $48,750 (+33.8%)	$59,830 → $83,229 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$48,400 → $64,300 (+32.9%)	$213,800 → $263,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $786 (+11.6%)	—

Arlington

Population

528393

Median household income

$36,438$48,750

Median home value

$48,400$64,300

Median gross rent

$704$786

The Highlands

Population

380474

Median household income

$59,830$83,229

Median home value

$213,800$263,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	The Highlands
Under 5	9.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	4.6%
18 to 24	15.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	21.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	25.3%
75 and over	9.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	The Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	The Highlands
No high school diploma	13.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	30.9%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	The Highlands
Drove alone	83.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	The Highlands
1-unit, detached	95.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	The Highlands
Poverty rate	38.7%	2.3%
Average household size	2.10	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1943	1997