Arlington vs Gibbon

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (2,298 vs 880 in Gibbon). Arlington has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $53,148 in Gibbon). Arlington has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $98,600 in Gibbon).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Gibbon
Population	2,298	880
Median age	34.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,458	$53,148
Median home value	$181,600	$98,600
Median gross rent	$839	$872
Housing units	973	416
Homeownership rate	70.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Gibbon
Population	2,463 → 2,298 (-6.7%)	749 → 880 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $66,458 (+25.1%)	$47,250 → $53,148 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $181,600 (+38.0%)	$68,700 → $98,600 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $839 (+17.5%)	$638 → $872 (+36.7%)

Arlington

Population

2,4632,298

Median household income

$53,125$66,458

Median home value

$131,600$181,600

Median gross rent

$714$839

Gibbon

Population

749880

Median household income

$47,250$53,148

Median home value

$68,700$98,600

Median gross rent

$638$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Gibbon
Under 5	8.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	20.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	15.7%
75 and over	9.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Gibbon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Gibbon
No high school diploma	14.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Gibbon
Drove alone	79.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Gibbon
1-unit, detached	65.7%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Gibbon
Poverty rate	14.9%	17.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1970	1950