Arlington vs Lakeland

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

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

Arlington has the higher population (14,989 vs 14,068 in Lakeland). Arlington has the higher median household income ($125,909 vs $113,843 in Lakeland). Lakeland has the higher median home value ($373,800 vs $367,700 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Lakeland
Population	14,989	14,068
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,909	$113,843
Median home value	$367,700	$373,800
Median gross rent	$2,046	$1,611
Housing units	4,843	5,270
Homeownership rate	85.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Lakeland
Population	11,697 → 14,989 (+28.1%)	12,606 → 14,068 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$102,114 → $125,909 (+23.3%)	$103,074 → $113,843 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $367,700 (+54.2%)	$257,400 → $373,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,801 → $2,046 (+13.6%)	$1,200 → $1,611 (+34.3%)

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

Lakeland

Population

12,60614,068

Median household income

$103,074$113,843

Median home value

$257,400$373,800

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Lakeland
Under 5	7.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	25.8%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.1%
75 and over	2.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	76.5%
Black or African American	11.9%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Lakeland
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Lakeland
Drove alone	80.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	95.6%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Lakeland
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.4%
Average household size	3.17	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2004	1998