Arlington vs Van Buren

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (1,446 vs 647 in Van Buren). Arlington has the higher median household income ($87,831 vs $85,000 in Van Buren). Arlington has the higher median home value ($195,500 vs $158,000 in Van Buren).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Van Buren
Population	1,446	647
Median age	35.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,831	$85,000
Median home value	$195,500	$158,000
Median gross rent	$645	—
Housing units	594	208
Homeownership rate	78.0%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Van Buren
Population	1,509 → 1,446 (-4.2%)	428 → 647 (+51.2%)
Median household income	$61,944 → $87,831 (+41.8%)	$89,583 → $85,000 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $195,500 (+46.4%)	$157,700 → $158,000 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $645 (+8.2%)	$958 → $1,048 (+9.4%)

Arlington

Population

1,5091,446

Median household income

$61,944$87,831

Median home value

$133,500$195,500

Median gross rent

$596$645

Van Buren

Population

428647

Median household income

$89,583$85,000

Median home value

$157,700$158,000

Median gross rent

$958$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Van Buren
Under 5	9.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	29.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.3%
75 and over	9.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Van Buren
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	33.6%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Van Buren
Drove alone	87.8%	92.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	82.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Van Buren
Poverty rate	3.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.45	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1964	1938