Arlington vs Rhinebeck

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

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

Rhinebeck has the higher population (2,674 vs 2,522 in Arlington). Arlington has the higher median household income ($82,983 vs $75,075 in Rhinebeck). Rhinebeck has the higher median home value ($515,600 vs $273,000 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
Population	2,522	2,674
Median age	39.9 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,983	$75,075
Median home value	$273,000	$515,600
Median gross rent	$1,523	$1,691
Housing units	1,155	1,579
Homeownership rate	38.3%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
Population	3,674 → 2,522 (-31.4%)	2,570 → 2,674 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $82,983 (+54.4%)	$64,327 → $75,075 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$201,900 → $273,000 (+35.2%)	$386,200 → $515,600 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,523 (+33.4%)	$1,303 → $1,691 (+29.8%)

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

Rhinebeck

Population

2,5702,674

Median household income

$64,327$75,075

Median home value

$386,200$515,600

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
Under 5	6.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	19.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	19.3%
75 and over	5.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	77.3%
Black or African American	18.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	8.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	21.8%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
Drove alone	62.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	13.7%	6.5%
Public transit	3.8%	8.6%
Walked	0.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	17.8%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
1-unit, detached	31.2%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	39.7%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	10.6%
20 or more units	14.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Rhinebeck
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.17	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1970	1964