Arlington Heights vs Penn Estates

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

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

Arlington Heights has the higher population (6,844 vs 3,691 in Penn Estates). Penn Estates has the higher median household income ($91,080 vs $67,386 in Arlington Heights). Arlington Heights has the higher median home value ($249,700 vs $233,200 in Penn Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
Population	6,844	3,691
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,386	$91,080
Median home value	$249,700	$233,200
Median gross rent	$1,193	$2,188
Housing units	2,633	1,786
Homeownership rate	76.7%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
Population	6,129 → 6,844 (+11.7%)	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$47,108 → $67,386 (+43.0%)	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$186,500 → $249,700 (+33.9%)	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,193 (+30.1%)	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)

Arlington Heights

Population

6,1296,844

Median household income

$47,108$67,386

Median home value

$186,500$249,700

Median gross rent

$917$1,193

Penn Estates

Population

5,3633,691

Median household income

$75,492$91,080

Median home value

$161,700$233,200

Median gross rent

$1,229$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	22.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.4%
75 and over	9.8%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	56.8%	29.2%
Black or African American	9.0%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	5.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	39.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
Drove alone	71.3%	50.7%
Carpooled	13.4%	19.6%
Public transit	0.7%	13.4%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
1-unit, detached	77.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington Heights	Penn Estates
Poverty rate	15.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.66	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	52
Median year structure built	1974	1988