Arlington Heights vs Shawnee

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

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

Arlington Heights has the higher population (1,038 vs 952 in Shawnee). Shawnee has the higher median household income ($122,206 vs $47,115 in Arlington Heights). Shawnee has the higher median home value ($249,200 vs $86,600 in Arlington Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
Population	1,038	952
Median age	35.4 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,115	$122,206
Median home value	$86,600	$249,200
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	494	275
Homeownership rate	54.0%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	42.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
Population	870 → 1,038 (+19.3%)	739 → 952 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$37,045 → $47,115 (+27.2%)	$130,584 → $122,206 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $86,600 (+27.5%)	$210,400 → $249,200 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $833 (+4.1%)	—

Arlington Heights

Population

8701,038

Median household income

$37,045$47,115

Median home value

$67,900$86,600

Median gross rent

$800$833

Shawnee

Population

739952

Median household income

$130,584$122,206

Median home value

$210,400$249,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
Under 5	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	2.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	3.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	49.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.4%
75 and over	2.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	98.2%
Black or African American	23.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
Drove alone	65.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	23.6%	13.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
1-unit, detached	75.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington Heights	Shawnee
Poverty rate	11.1%	1.6%
Average household size	2.19	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1938	1961