Arlington vs Red Hook

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

Arlington and Red Hook are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arlington has the higher population (2,522 vs 2,119 in Red Hook). Red Hook has the higher median household income ($104,022 vs $82,983 in Arlington). Red Hook has the higher median home value ($344,300 vs $273,000 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Red Hook
Population	2,522	2,119
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,983	$104,022
Median home value	$273,000	$344,300
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,141
Housing units	1,155	1,061
Homeownership rate	38.3%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Red Hook
Population	3,674 → 2,522 (-31.4%)	1,899 → 2,119 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $82,983 (+54.4%)	$65,850 → $104,022 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$201,900 → $273,000 (+35.2%)	$279,300 → $344,300 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,523 (+33.4%)	$1,032 → $1,141 (+10.6%)

Arlington

Population

3,6742,522

Median household income

$53,750$82,983

Median home value

$201,900$273,000

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,523

Red Hook

Population

1,8992,119

Median household income

$65,850$104,022

Median home value

$279,300$344,300

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Red Hook
Under 5	6.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	19.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.3%
75 and over	5.7%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Red Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	18.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Red Hook
No high school diploma	10.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	21.8%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Red Hook
Drove alone	62.3%	67.3%
Carpooled	13.7%	9.6%
Public transit	3.8%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.4%	18.4%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Red Hook
1-unit, detached	31.2%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	39.7%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	14.4%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Red Hook
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1970	1981