Arlington vs Collierville

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

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

Collierville has the higher population (51,212 vs 14,989 in Arlington). Collierville has the higher median household income ($134,319 vs $125,909 in Arlington). Collierville has the higher median home value ($458,300 vs $367,700 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Collierville
Population	14,989	51,212
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,909	$134,319
Median home value	$367,700	$458,300
Median gross rent	$2,046	$1,574
Housing units	4,843	18,547
Homeownership rate	85.2%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Collierville
Population	11,697 → 14,989 (+28.1%)	50,086 → 51,212 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$102,114 → $125,909 (+23.3%)	$113,996 → $134,319 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $367,700 (+54.2%)	$319,300 → $458,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,801 → $2,046 (+13.6%)	$1,331 → $1,574 (+18.3%)

Arlington

Population

11,69714,989

Median household income

$102,114$125,909

Median home value

$238,500$367,700

Median gross rent

$1,801$2,046

Collierville

Population

50,08651,212

Median household income

$113,996$134,319

Median home value

$319,300$458,300

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,574

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Collierville
Under 5	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.8%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.5%
75 and over	2.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Collierville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	68.0%
Black or African American	11.9%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	13.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Collierville
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	18.4%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Collierville
Drove alone	80.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Collierville
1-unit, detached	95.6%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Collierville
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.6%
Average household size	3.17	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	2004	1997