Arlington vs Bardwell

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

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

Bardwell has the higher population (744 vs 235 in Arlington). Bardwell has the higher median household income ($46,711 vs $36,250 in Arlington). Bardwell has the higher median home value ($88,000 vs $64,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Bardwell
Population	235	744
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$46,711
Median home value	$64,400	$88,000
Median gross rent	$950	$628
Housing units	148	300
Homeownership rate	64.1%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Bardwell
Population	305 → 235 (-23.0%)	662 → 744 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$22,344 → $36,250 (+62.2%)	$39,583 → $46,711 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $64,400 (-21.1%)	$85,400 → $88,000 (+3.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $950 (+65.8%)	$531 → $628 (+18.3%)

Arlington

Population

305235

Median household income

$22,344$36,250

Median home value

$81,600$64,400

Median gross rent

$573$950

Bardwell

Population

662744

Median household income

$39,583$46,711

Median home value

$85,400$88,000

Median gross rent

$531$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Bardwell
Under 5	16.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	17.0%	5.5%
75 and over	10.6%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Bardwell
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	8.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Bardwell
No high school diploma	17.5%	20.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Bardwell
Drove alone	91.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Bardwell
1-unit, detached	76.4%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Bardwell
Poverty rate	37.4%	23.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1975	1961