Arlington vs Lake Preston

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

Arlington and Lake Preston are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arlington has the higher population (833 vs 539 in Lake Preston). Arlington has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $60,917 in Lake Preston). Lake Preston has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $122,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Lake Preston
Population	833	539
Median age	39.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$60,917
Median home value	$122,400	$139,100
Median gross rent	$836	$533
Housing units	432	276
Homeownership rate	73.3%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Lake Preston
Population	1,045 → 833 (-20.3%)	400 → 539 (+34.8%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $67,083 (+24.8%)	$55,417 → $60,917 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $122,400 (+20.5%)	$73,800 → $139,100 (+88.5%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $836 (+12.2%)	$440 → $533 (+21.1%)

Arlington

Population

1,045833

Median household income

$53,750$67,083

Median home value

$101,600$122,400

Median gross rent

$745$836

Lake Preston

Population

400539

Median household income

$55,417$60,917

Median home value

$73,800$139,100

Median gross rent

$440$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Lake Preston
Under 5	11.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	23.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.9%
75 and over	8.5%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Lake Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Lake Preston
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	41.5%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Lake Preston
Drove alone	88.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Lake Preston
1-unit, detached	80.6%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	19.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Lake Preston
Poverty rate	16.7%	13.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1970	1966